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Executive Order 14198 of February 3, 2025 

Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency 

Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, 

as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483), and section 301 of title 3, United States 

Code, it is hereby ordered: 

Section 1. Background. On February 1, 2025, I determined that the failure 

of Mexico to arrest, seize, detain, or otherwise intercept Mexican drug trafficking organizations, other drug and human traffickers, criminals at large, 

and illicit drugs constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat, which 

has its source in substantial part outside the United States, to the national 

security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. To address 

that threat, I invoked my authority under section 1702(a)(1)(B) of IEEPA 

to impose ad valorem tariffs on articles that are products of Mexico. 

Sec. 2. Immediate Steps. Pursuant to section 3 of my Executive Order 

of February 1, 2025, titled ‘‘Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at 

Our Southern Border’’ (‘‘the Executive Order of February 1, 2025’’), I have 

determined that the Government of Mexico has taken immediate steps designed to alleviate the illegal migration and illicit drug crisis through cooperative actions. Further time is needed, however, to assess whether these steps 

constitute sufficient action to alleviate the crisis and resolve the unusual 

and extraordinary threat beyond our southern border. 

Sec. 3. Pause. (a) In recognition of the steps taken by the Government 

of Mexico, and in order to assess whether the threat described in section 

1 of this order has abated, the additional 25 percent ad valorem rate of 

duty shall be paused and will not take effect until March 4, 2025, at 

12:01 a.m. eastern time. Accordingly, sections 2(a), section 2(d), and section 

2(e) of the Executive Order of February 1, 2025, are amended by striking 

the term ‘‘February 4, 2025,’’ where it appears in those sections and inserting 

in lieu thereof the term ‘‘March, 4, 2025.’’ The exceptions set forth in 

section 2(a) of the Executive Order of February 1, 2025, related to covered 

goods loaded onto a vessel at a port of entry or in transit on the final 

mode of transport prior to entry into the United States are, hereby, withdrawn. 

(b) During this pause, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 

with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and the Assistant to the President for 

Homeland Security, shall continue to assess the situation at our southern 

border, as provided in section 3 of the Executive Order of February 1, 

2025. 

(c) If the illegal migration and illicit drug crises worsen, and if the Government of Mexico fails to take sufficient steps to alleviate these crises, the 

President shall take necessary steps to address the situation, including by 

immediate implementation of the tariffs described in the Executive Order 

of February 1, 2025. 

Sec. 4. Severability. 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 provisions to any other 

persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. 


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Sec. 5. 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 

against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, 

employees, or agents, or any other person. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

February 3, 2025. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02479 

Filed 2–7–25; 8:45 am] 

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