in effect
This is Executive Order 14159, “Protecting the American People Against Invasion,” signed January 20, 2025, and published in the Federal Register. It is a presidential directive ordering federal agencies to enforce existing immigration laws more aggressively against people in the country illegally. It revokes four immigration-related executive orders issued in 2021 and directs agencies to undo policies built on them.
It directs the Department of Homeland Security, Justice Department, and State Department to prioritize detention, prosecution, and removal of people without legal immigration status, and to expand detention capacity by building or contracting new facilities. It sets up joint Homeland Security Task Forces in every state, orders agencies to require previously unregistered immigrants to register (treating non-registration as a civil and criminal enforcement priority), and revives an ICE office for victims of crimes committed by removable non-citizens. It orders reviews and possible cuts of federal funds to “sanctuary” jurisdictions and to nonprofits serving illegal immigrants, and sets two 90-day deadlines: a Treasury/DHS report on collecting fines from people unlawfully present (Sec. 8) and, more broadly, directs assessing such penalties. It also narrows use of “parole” and Temporary Protected Status to the limits written in statute and tells agencies to expand fast-track (“expedited”) removals and encourage voluntary departure.
People in the United States without legal immigration status face higher odds of registration requirements, detention, fines, and removal, as do those who help them (and employers, via employment-authorization limits). Federal agencies (DHS, DOJ, State, Treasury, HHS, OMB) get new enforcement duties and deadlines, while state and local governments may be deputized to help enforce immigration law or, if they resist, risk losing federal funds. Nonprofits that receive federal money to serve immigrants may see funding paused, audited, or terminated. The order states it creates no new legal rights and is subject to available funding and existing law.