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Title: Protecting the American People Against Invasion
Category: Immigration & Border Security
Federal Register Doc. No.: 2025-02006
Related summary: Open executive order summary

Justification

This executive order is comprehensively focused on immigration enforcement and border security. The order's primary subject matter addresses illegal immigration through multiple enforcement mechanisms including: expedited removals of aliens, establishment of Federal Homeland Security Task Forces to combat transnational criminal organizations, construction of detention facilities, partnerships with state and local law enforcement under section 287(g) of the INA, sanctions against recalcitrant countries that refuse to accept deportees, and termination of funding to NGOs supporting illegal aliens. The entire order directly targets immigration law enforcement, with every section dedicated to some aspect of identifying, detaining, prosecuting, or removing aliens unlawfully present in the United States.

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