Securing Our Borders

The order provides rationale that unlawful mass migration poses threats to U.S. security and public safety.

The government will secure borders through physical barriers, personnel deployment, detention practices, prosecution, international cooperation, and operational control.

The Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Homeland Security will deploy and construct temporary and permanent physical barriers on the southern border.

DoD and DHS will deploy sufficient personnel along the southern border and use available legal authority to supplement security personnel.

DHS will detain aliens apprehended for immigration violations to the fullest extent permitted by law and end catch-and-release practices.

DHS, State, and DOJ will resume the Remain in Mexico protocol and return asylum seekers pending removal proceedings to Mexico.

DHS will cease using CBP One app as a parole mechanism and terminate categorical parole programs for Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan nationals.

State Department will pursue additional international agreements on asylum and migration matters.

DOJ and DHS will fulfill DNA fingerprinting requirements for detained aliens and use available technology to verify family relationships.

DOJ and DHS will prioritize prosecution of border-related crimes including human smuggling, human trafficking, and child trafficking.

State, DOJ, HHS, and DHS will provide recommendations within 14 days on other authorities to protect U.S. borders.

Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.