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Federal Register 

Vol. 90, No. 18 

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 10886 of January 20, 2025 

Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of 

the United States 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

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

laws of the United States of America, I hereby proclaim: 

America’s sovereignty is under attack. Our southern border is overrun by 

cartels, criminal gangs, known terrorists, human traffickers, smugglers, 

unvetted military-age males from foreign adversaries, and illicit narcotics 

that harm Americans, including America. 

This invasion has caused widespread chaos and suffering in our country 

over the last 4 years. It has led to the horrific and inexcusable murders 

of many innocent American citizens, including women and children, at 

the hands of illegal aliens. Foreign criminal gangs and cartels have begun 

seizing control of parts of cities, attacking our most vulnerable citizens, 

and terrorizing Americans beyond the control of local law enforcement. 

Cartels control vast territories just south of our southern border, effectively 

controlling who can and cannot travel to the United States from Mexico. 

Hundreds of thousands of Americans have tragically died from drug 

overdoses because of the illicit narcotics that have flowed across the southern 

border. 

This assault on the American people and the integrity of America’s sovereign 

borders represents a grave threat to our Nation. 

Because of the gravity and emergency of this present danger and imminent 

threat, it is necessary for the Armed Forces to take all appropriate action 

to assist the Department of Homeland Security in obtaining full operational 

control of the southern border. 

To protect the security and safety of United States citizens, to protect each 

of the States against invasion, and to uphold my duty to take care that 

the laws be faithfully executed, it is my responsibility as President to ensure 

that the illegal entry of aliens into the United States via the southern 

border be immediately and entirely stopped. 

As Commander in Chief, I have no more solemn duty than to protect 

the American people. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States 

of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, including sections 201 and 301 of 

the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), hereby declare that 

a national emergency exists at the southern border of the United States, 

and that section 12302 of title 10, United States Code, is invoked and 

made available, according to its terms, to the Secretaries of the military 

departments concerned, subject to the direction of the Secretary of Defense. 

To provide additional authority to the Department of Defense to support 

the Federal Government’s response to the emergency at the southern border, 

I hereby declare that this emergency requires use of the Armed Forces 

and, in accordance with section 301 of the National Emergencies Act (50 

U.S.C. 1631), that the construction authority provided in section 2808 of 


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title 10, United States Code, is invoked and made available, according to 

its terms, to the Secretary of Defense and, at the discretion of the Secretary 

of Defense, to the Secretaries of the military departments. I hereby direct 

as follows: 

Section 1. Deployment of Personnel and Resources. The Secretary of Defense, 

or the Secretary of each relevant military department, as appropriate and 

consistent with applicable law, shall order as many units or members of 

the Armed Forces, including the Ready Reserve and the National Guard, 

as the Secretary of Defense determines to be appropriate to support the 

activities of the Secretary of Homeland Security in obtaining complete operational control of the southern border of the United States. The Secretary 

of Defense shall further take all appropriate action to facilitate the operational 

needs of the Secretary of Homeland Security along the southern border, 

including through the provision of appropriate detention space, transportation (including aircraft), and other logistics services in support of civiliancontrolled law enforcement operations. 

Sec. 2. Additional Physical Barriers. The Secretaries of Defense and Homeland 

Security shall immediately take all appropriate action, consistent with law, 

including 10 U.S.C. 2214, to construct additional physical barriers along 

the southern border. To the extent possible, the Secretaries of Defense and 

Homeland Security shall coordinate with any Governor of a State that is 

willing to assist with the deployment of any physical infrastructure to improve operational security at the southern border. 

Sec. 3. Unmanned Aerial Systems. The Secretary of Transportation and 

the Federal Communications Commission shall, consistent with applicable 

law, consider waiving all applicable Federal Aviation Administration and 

Federal Communications Commission regulations or policies, respectively, 

that restrict the Department of Homeland Security’s ability to counter unmanned aerial systems within 5 miles of the southern border. 

Sec. 4. Revision of Policies and Strategies. The Secretary of Defense and 

the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall take all appropriate action, consistent with law, to prioritize 

the impedance and denial of the unauthorized physical entry of aliens 

across the southern border of the United States, and to ensure that use 

of force policies prioritize the safety and security of Department of Homeland 

Security personnel and of members of the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 5. Revocation. Proclamation 10142 of January 20, 2021 (Termination 

of Emergency With Respect to the Southern Border of the United States 

and Redirection of Funds Diverted to Border Wall Construction), is hereby 

revoked. 

Sec. 6. Reporting Requirement. (a) Within 30 days of the date of this proclamation, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the President, through 

the Homeland Security Advisor, a report outlining all actions taken to fulfill 

the requirements and objectives of this proclamation; and 

(b) Within 90 days of the date of this proclamation, the Secretary of 

Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a joint report 

to the President about the conditions at the southern border of the United 

States and any recommendations regarding additional actions that may be 

necessary to obtain complete operational control of the southern border, 

including whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807. 

Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation 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 proclamation shall be implemented consistent with applicable 

law and subject to the availability of appropriations. 


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(c) This proclamation 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. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day 

of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the 

Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fortyninth. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01948 

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