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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 29, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8443-8448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02006]



                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90 , No. 18 / Wednesday, January 29, 2025 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Executive Order 14159 of January 20, 2025

                
Protecting the American People Against Invasion

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act 
                (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) and section 301 of title 
                3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered:

                Section 1. Purpose. Over the last 4 years, the prior 
                administration invited, administered, and oversaw an 
                unprecedented flood of illegal immigration into the 
                United States. Millions of illegal aliens crossed our 
                borders or were permitted to fly directly into the 
                United States on commercial flights and allowed to 
                settle in American communities, in violation of 
                longstanding Federal laws.

                Many of these aliens unlawfully within the United 
                States present significant threats to national security 
                and public safety, committing vile and heinous acts 
                against innocent Americans. Others are engaged in 
                hostile activities, including espionage, economic 
                espionage, and preparations for terror-related 
                activities. Many have abused the generosity of the 
                American people, and their presence in the United 
                States has cost taxpayers billions of dollars at the 
                Federal, State, and local levels.

                Enforcing our Nation's immigration laws is critically 
                important to the national security and public safety of 
                the United States. The American people deserve a 
                Federal Government that puts their interests first and 
                a Government that understands its sacred obligation to 
                prioritize the safety, security, and financial and 
                economic well-being of Americans.

                This order ensures that the Federal Government protects 
                the American people by faithfully executing the 
                immigration laws of the United States.

                Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States 
                to faithfully execute the immigration laws against all 
                inadmissible and removable aliens, particularly those 
                aliens who threaten the safety or security of the 
                American people. Further, it is the policy of the 
                United States to achieve the total and efficient 
                enforcement of those laws, including through lawful 
                incentives and detention capabilities.

                Sec. 3. Faithful Execution of the Immigration Laws. In 
                furtherance of the policies described in section 2 of 
                this order:

                    (a) Executive Order 13993 of January 20, 2021 
                (Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and 
                Priorities), Executive Order 14010 of February 2, 2021 
                (Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework To Address 
                the Causes of Migration, To Manage Migration Throughout 
                North and Central America, and To Provide Safe and 
                Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the United 
                States Border), Executive Order 14011 of February 2, 
                2021 (Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the 
                Reunification of Families), and Executive Order 14012 
                of February 2, 2021 (Restoring Faith in Our Legal 
                Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and 
                Inclusion Efforts for New Americans) are hereby 
                revoked; and
                    (b) Executive departments and agencies (agencies) 
                shall take all appropriate action to promptly revoke 
                all memoranda, guidance, or other policies based on the 
                Executive Orders revoked in section 3(a) of this order 
                and shall employ all lawful means to ensure the 
                faithful execution of the immigration laws of the 
                United States against all inadmissible and removable 
                aliens.

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                Sec. 4. Civil Enforcement Priorities. The Secretary of 
                Homeland Security shall take all appropriate action to 
                enable the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
                Enforcement, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
                Border Protection, and the Director of U.S. Citizenship 
                and Immigration Services to set priorities for their 
                agencies that protect the public safety and national 
                security interests of the American people, including by 
                ensuring the successful enforcement of final orders of 
                removal. Further, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
                shall ensure that the primary mission of U.S. 
                Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security 
                Investigations division is the enforcement of the 
                provisions of the INA and other Federal laws related to 
                the illegal entry and unlawful presence of aliens in 
                the United States and the enforcement of the purposes 
                of this order.

                Sec. 5. Criminal Enforcement Priorities. The Attorney 
                General, in coordination with the Secretary of State 
                and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall take all 
                appropriate action to prioritize the prosecution of 
                criminal offenses related to the unauthorized entry or 
                continued unauthorized presence of aliens in the United 
                States.

                Sec. 6. Federal Homeland Security Task Forces. (a) The 
                Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
                shall take all appropriate action to jointly establish 
                Homeland Security Task Forces (HSTFs) in all States 
                nationwide.

                    (b) The composition of each HSTF shall be subject 
                to the direction of the Attorney General and the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security, but shall include 
                representation from any other Federal agencies with law 
                enforcement officers, or agencies with the ability to 
                provide logistics, intelligence, and operational 
                support to the HSTFs, and shall also include 
                representation from relevant State and local law 
                enforcement agencies. The heads of all Federal agencies 
                shall take all appropriate action to provide support to 
                the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security to ensure that the HSTFs fulfill the 
                objectives in subsection (c) of this section, and any 
                other lawful purpose that fulfills the policy 
                objectives of this order.
                    (c) The objective of each HSTF is to end the 
                presence of criminal cartels, foreign gangs, and 
                transnational criminal organizations throughout the 
                United States, dismantle cross-border human smuggling 
                and trafficking networks, end the scourge of human 
                smuggling and trafficking, with a particular focus on 
                such offenses involving children, and ensure the use of 
                all available law enforcement tools to faithfully 
                execute the immigration laws of the United States.
                    (d) The Attorney General and the Secretary of 
                Homeland Security shall take all appropriate action to 
                provide an operational command center to coordinate the 
                activities of the HSTFs and provide such support as 
                they may require, and shall also take all appropriate 
                action to provide supervisory direction to their 
                activities as may be required.

                Sec. 7. Identification of Unregistered Illegal Aliens. 
                The Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination 
                with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, 
                shall take all appropriate action to:

                    (a) Immediately announce and publicize information 
                about the legal obligation of all previously 
                unregistered aliens in the United States to comply with 
                the requirements of part VII of subchapter II of 
                chapter 12 of title 8, United States Code;
                    (b) Ensure that all previously unregistered aliens 
                in the United States comply with the requirements of 
                part VII of subchapter II of chapter 12 of title 8, 
                United States Code; and
                    (c) Ensure that failure to comply with the legal 
                obligations of part VII of subchapter II of chapter 12 
                of title 8, United States Code, is treated as a civil 
                and criminal enforcement priority.

                Sec. 8. Civil Fines and Penalties. (a) The Secretary of 
                Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary 
                of Treasury, shall take all appropriate action to 
                ensure the assessment and collection of all fines and 
                penalties

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                that the Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized 
                by law to assess and collect from aliens unlawfully 
                present in the United States, including aliens who 
                unlawfully entered or unlawfully attempted to enter the 
                United States, and from those who facilitate such 
                aliens' presence in the United States.

                    (b) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the 
                Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security shall submit a report to the President 
                regarding their progress implementing the requirements 
                of this section and recommending any additional actions 
                that may need to be taken to achieve its objectives.

                Sec. 9. Efficient Removals of Recent Entrants and Other 
                Aliens. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall take 
                all appropriate action, pursuant to section 
                235(b)(1)(A)(iii)(I) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 
                1225(b)(1)(A)(iii)(I)), to apply, in her sole and 
                unreviewable discretion, the provisions of section 
                235(b)(1)(A)(i) and (ii) of the INA to the aliens 
                designated under section 235(b)(1)(A)(iii)(II). 
                Further, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
                promptly take appropriate action to use all other 
                provisions of the immigration laws or any other Federal 
                law, including, but not limited to sections 238 and 
                240(d) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1228 and 1229a(d)), to 
                ensure the efficient and expedited removal of aliens 
                from the United States.

                Sec. 10. Detention Facilities. The Secretary of 
                Homeland Security shall promptly take all appropriate 
                action and allocate all legally available resources or 
                establish contracts to construct, operate, control, or 
                use facilities to detain removable aliens. The 
                Secretary of Homeland Security, further, shall take all 
                appropriate actions to ensure the detention of aliens 
                apprehended for violations of immigration law pending 
                the outcome of their removal proceedings or their 
                removal from the country, to the extent permitted by 
                law.

                Sec. 11. Federal-State Agreements. To ensure State and 
                local law enforcement agencies across the United States 
                can assist with the protection of the American people, 
                the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, to the 
                maximum extent permitted by law, and with the consent 
                of State or local officials as appropriate, take 
                appropriate action, through agreements under section 
                287(g) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) or otherwise, to 
                authorize State and local law enforcement officials, as 
                the Secretary of Homeland Security determines are 
                qualified and appropriate, to perform the functions of 
                immigration officers in relation to the investigation, 
                apprehension, or detention of aliens in the United 
                States under the direction and the supervision of the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security. Such authorization 
                shall be in addition to, rather than in place of, 
                Federal performance of these duties. To the extent 
                permitted by law, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
                may structure each agreement under section 287(g) of 
                the INA (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) in the manner that provides 
                the most effective model for enforcing Federal 
                immigration laws in that jurisdiction.

                Sec. 12. Encouraging Voluntary Compliance with the Law. 
                The Secretary of Homeland Security shall take all 
                appropriate action, in coordination with the Secretary 
                of State and the Attorney General, and subject to 
                adequate safeguards, assurances, bonds, and any other 
                lawful measure, to adopt policies and procedures to 
                encourage aliens unlawfully in the United States to 
                voluntarily depart as soon as possible, including 
                through enhanced usage of the provisions of section 
                240B of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1229c), international 
                agreements or assistance, or any other measures that 
                encourage aliens unlawfully in the United States to 
                depart as promptly as possible, including through 
                removals of aliens as provided by section 250 of the 
                INA (8 U.S.C. 1260).

                Sec. 13. Recalcitrant Countries. The Secretary of State 
                and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take all 
                appropriate action to:

                    (a) Cooperate and effectively implement, as 
                appropriate, the sanctions provided by section 243(d) 
                of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1253(d)), with the Secretary of 
                State, to the maximum extent permitted by law, ensuring 
                that diplomatic

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                efforts and negotiations with foreign states include 
                the foreign states' acceptance of their nationals who 
                are subject to removal from the United States; and
                    (b) Eliminate all documentary barriers, dilatory 
                tactics, or other restrictions that prevent the prompt 
                repatriation of aliens to any foreign state. Any 
                failure or delay by a foreign state to verify the 
                identity of a national of that state shall be 
                considered in carrying out subsection (a) this section, 
                and shall also be considered regarding the issuance of 
                any other sanctions that may be available to the United 
                States.

                Sec. 14. Visa Bonds. The Secretary of Treasury shall 
                take all appropriate action, in coordination with the 
                Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security, to establish a system to facilitate the 
                administration of all bonds that the Secretary of State 
                or the Secretary of Homeland Security may lawfully 
                require to administer the provisions of the INA.

                Sec. 15. Reestablishment of the VOICE Office and 
                Addressing Victims of Crimes Committed by Removable 
                Aliens. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall direct 
                the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
                Enforcement (ICE) to take all appropriate and lawful 
                action to reestablish within ICE an office to provide 
                proactive, timely, adequate, and professional services 
                to victims of crimes committed by removable aliens, and 
                those victims' family members. The Attorney General 
                shall also ensure that the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 3771 
                are followed in all Federal prosecutions involving 
                crimes committed by removable aliens.

                Sec. 16. Addressing Actions by the Previous 
                Administration. The Secretary of State, the Attorney 
                General, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
                promptly take all appropriate action, consistent with 
                law, to rescind the policy decisions of the previous 
                administration that led to the increased or continued 
                presence of illegal aliens in the United States, and 
                align any and all departmental activities with the 
                policies set out by this order and the immigration 
                laws. Such action should include, but is not limited 
                to:

                    (a) ensuring that the parole authority under 
                section 212(d)(5) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is 
                exercised on only a case-by-case basis in accordance 
                with the plain language of the statute, and in all 
                circumstances only when an individual alien 
                demonstrates urgent humanitarian reasons or a 
                significant public benefit derived from their 
                particular continued presence in the United States 
                arising from such parole;
                    (b) ensuring that designations of Temporary 
                Protected Status are consistent with the provisions of 
                section 244 of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1254a), and that such 
                designations are appropriately limited in scope and 
                made for only so long as may be necessary to fulfill 
                the textual requirements of that statute; and
                    (c) ensuring that employment authorization is 
                provided in a manner consistent with section 274A of 
                the INA (8 U.S.C. 1324a), and that employment 
                authorization is not provided to any unauthorized alien 
                in the United States.

                Sec. 17. Sanctuary Jurisdictions. The Attorney General 
                and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, to the 
                maximum extent possible under law, evaluate and 
                undertake any lawful actions to ensure that so-called 
                ``sanctuary'' jurisdictions, which seek to interfere 
                with the lawful exercise of Federal law enforcement 
                operations, do not receive access to Federal funds. 
                Further, the Attorney General and the Secretary of 
                Homeland Security shall evaluate and undertake any 
                other lawful actions, criminal or civil, that they deem 
                warranted based on any such jurisdiction's practices 
                that interfere with the enforcement of Federal law.

                Sec. 18. Information Sharing. (a) The Secretary of 
                Homeland Security shall promptly issue guidance to 
                ensure maximum compliance by Department of Homeland 
                Security personnel with the provisions of 8 U.S.C. 1373 
                and 8 U.S.C. 1644 and ensure that State and local 
                governments are provided with the information necessary 
                to fulfill law enforcement, citizenship, or immigration 
                status verification requirements authorized by law; and

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                    (b) The Attorney General, the Secretary of Health 
                and Human Services, and the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security shall take all appropriate action to stop the 
                trafficking and smuggling of alien children into the 
                United States, including through the sharing of any 
                information necessary to assist in the achievement of 
                that objective.

                Sec. 19. Funding Review. The Attorney General and the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security shall:

                    (a) Immediately review and, if appropriate, audit 
                all contracts, grants, or other agreements providing 
                Federal funding to non-governmental organizations 
                supporting or providing services, either directly or 
                indirectly, to removable or illegal aliens, to ensure 
                that such agreements conform to applicable law and are 
                free of waste, fraud, and abuse, and that they do not 
                promote or facilitate violations of our immigration 
                laws;
                    (b) Pause distribution of all further funds 
                pursuant to such agreements pending the results of the 
                review in subsection (a) of this section;
                    (c) Terminate all such agreements determined to be 
                in violation of law or to be sources of waste, fraud, 
                or abuse and prohibit any such future agreements;
                    (d) Coordinate with the Director of the Office of 
                Management and Budget to ensure that no funding for 
                agreements described in subsection (c) of this section 
                is included in any appropriations request for the 
                Department of Justice or the Department of Homeland 
                Security; and
                    (e) Initiate clawback or recoupment procedures, if 
                appropriate, for any agreements described in subsection 
                (c) of this section.

                Sec. 20. Denial of Public Benefits to Illegal Aliens. 
                The Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
                shall take all appropriate action to ensure that all 
                agencies identify and stop the provision of any public 
                benefits to any illegal alien not authorized to receive 
                them under the provisions of the INA or other relevant 
                statutory provisions.

                Sec. 21. Hiring More Agents and Officers. Subject to 
                available appropriations, the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security, through the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
                Border Protection and the Director of U.S. Immigration 
                and Customs Enforcement, shall take all appropriate 
                action to significantly increase the number of agents 
                and officers available to perform the duties of 
                immigration officers.

                Sec. 22. Severability. It is the policy of the United 
                States to enforce this order to the maximum extent 
                possible to advance the interests of the United States. 
                Accordingly:

                    (a) If any provision of this order, or the 
                application of any provision to any person or 
                circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of 
                this order and the application of its other provisions 
                to any other persons or circumstances shall not be 
                affected thereby; and
                    (b) If any provision of this order, or the 
                application of any provision to any person or 
                circumstance, is held to be invalid because of the 
                failure to follow certain procedures, the relevant 
                executive branch officials shall implement those 
                procedural requirements to conform with existing law 
                and with any applicable court orders.

                Sec. 23. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party

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                against the United States, its departments, agencies, 
                or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    January 20, 2025.

[FR Doc. 2025-02006
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Billing code 3395-F4-P
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