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Continuing To Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
This executive order narrows birthright citizenship by directing federal agencies to deny citizenship recognition to certain categories of children born in the U.S. when neither parent is a citizen, including children of designated terrorists, foreign government employees, those born via birth tourism or surrogacy arrangements, and those born in territories without statutory citizenship provisions. It cites a June 2026 Supreme Court decision (Trump v. Barbara) as legal foundation and requires agency heads to issue public implementation guidance within 30 days.
Authorizing Cameron County, Texas, To Own, Operate, and Maintain the Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge in Brownsville, Texas
This Presidential Permit authorizes Cameron County, Texas to own, operate, and maintain the Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge, a vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle crossing on the U.S.-Mexico border. The permit imposes conditions regarding maintenance standards, federal/state/local compliance, inspection access, transfer restrictions, and presidential oversight authority.
Presidential Determination on the Proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
The President approved a proposed nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia under Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, finding it promotes common defense and security without unreasonable risk. The agreement includes two side letters and an additional safeguards/verification measures agreement. The Secretary of State is directed to arrange for execution and publish the determination in the Federal Register.
Presidential Determination on Assistance to Venezuela Consistent With the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
This determination waives restrictions under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to allow U.S. assistance to Venezuela, finding such aid promotes the Act's purposes or serves U.S. national interest. It follows an earlier determination from November 2025 and directs the Secretary of State to submit the determination and supporting justification to Congress and publish it in the Federal Register.
Emergency Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2026
This determination declares an emergency refugee situation due to racially motivated violence in South Africa, raising the FY2026 refugee ceiling from 7,500 to 17,500 specifically for Afrikaners from South Africa. It directs that these additional admissions be processed consistent with Executive Order 14204 and subjects them to stringent vetting requirements under other executive orders.
Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens
This executive order directs multiple Cabinet departments to combat transnational cybercrime, fraud, and predatory schemes targeting Americans—including scam centers, ransomware, sextortion, and financial fraud often backed by foreign regimes. It mandates reviews and action plans to create a new operational cell for interagency coordination, establishes a Victims Restoration Program, and authorizes diplomatic consequences including sanctions, visa restrictions, and trade penalties against nations that tolerate such criminal activity.
Presidential Determination on Designation of the Republic of Peru as a Major Non-NATO Ally
President Biden designates Peru as a Major Non-NATO Ally under the Foreign Assistance Act and Arms Export Control Act, granting Peru preferential access to U.S. defense articles, services, and training. The Secretary of State is directed to publish this determination in the Federal Register.
Delegation of Authority Under Section 208(d)(6) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024
This memorandum delegates to the Secretary of State the President's authority to submit a report to Congress as required by section 208(d)(6) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024. It is a narrow procedural delegation with no substantive policy directives.
Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2026
This determination sets the fiscal year 2026 refugee admissions ceiling at 7,500, the lowest in modern U.S. history, with primary allocation directed toward Afrikaners from South Africa under Executive Order 14204 and other victims of discrimination. It subjects all refugee admissions to stringent existing executive orders requiring enhanced vetting, joint secretary-level national interest determinations, and broad entry restrictions.
Presidential Determination on Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2026
This determination identifies 23 countries as major drug transit or illicit drug producing countries for FY2026, with five (Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, Colombia, Venezuela) designated as having 'failed demonstrably' to meet international counternarcotics obligations. It authorizes continued U.S. assistance to Bolivia, Burma, Colombia, and Venezuela as vital to national interests, cites existing tariffs and de minimis elimination on China for precursor chemical flows, and demands sustained Mexican cooperation against cartels while threatening 'serious consequences' for non-cooperation.
Strengthening Efforts To Protect U.S. Nationals From Wrongful Detention Abroad
This executive order creates a formal "State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention" designation that the Secretary of State may apply to foreign countries that wrongfully detain U.S. nationals or support such detentions. Upon designation, the State Department must review and implement punitive responses including sanctions, visa inadmissibility, travel restrictions, foreign aid cuts, and export controls. The designation can be terminated if the country releases detainees, changes policies, and provides credible assurances, or at presidential discretion.
Authorizing Cameron County, Texas, To Construct, Maintain, and Operate a Pedestrian Border Crossing at the Gateway International Bridge Land Port of Entry
This presidential permit authorizes Cameron County, Texas to construct, maintain, and operate a pedestrian border crossing at the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas, subject to extensive federal conditions including environmental compliance, inspection facility provisions, and diplomatic coordination with Mexico. The permit expires in 5 years if construction has not begun and requires multiple agency approvals before design or construction can commence.
Establishing a Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity Working Group
This presidential determination directs the Secretary of State to establish within 180 days a working group to develop the 'Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity' (TRIPP), aimed at fostering economic connectivity in the South Caucasus region. The initiative is framed as both an economic corridor and a symbolic peace monument.
Reissuance of and Amendments to National Security Presidential Memorandum 5 on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba
This memorandum reissues and amends Trump-era NSPM-5 to tighten U.S. policy toward Cuba, directing agencies to restrict financial transactions with Cuban military-controlled entities, enforce the tourism ban, expand internet access for Cubans, and oppose international efforts to lift the embargo. It sets multiple deadlines for regulatory adjustments and reports while explicitly maintaining the statutory embargo framework.
Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions
This executive order terminates the national emergency declared in 2004 and revokes six sanctions executive orders targeting Syria, effective July 1, 2025, while expanding a separate sanctions framework to hold the former Assad regime accountable. It directs waivers under the Syria Accountability Act, CBW Act, and Caesar Act to ease export controls and other restrictions, and mandates review of terrorism designations including for Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and Syria's State Sponsor of Terrorism status.
Authorizing the City of Laredo, Texas, To Expand and Continue To Maintain, and Operate a Vehicular Border Crossing at the Laredo-Colombia Solidarity International Bridge Land Port of Entry
This presidential permit authorizes the City of Laredo, Texas to expand its vehicular border crossing at the Laredo-Colombia Solidarity International Bridge with two new 4-lane commercial spans over the Rio Grande. The permit imposes conditions including environmental mitigation, federal inspection facility donations, diplomatic notification requirements, and a 5-year construction commencement deadline.
Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals To Protect the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats
Proclamation 10949 suspends or limits entry into the United States for nationals of 19 countries, effective June 9, 2025. Twelve countries face full suspension of both immigrant and nonimmigrant entry (Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen), while seven countries face partial suspension targeting immigrants and specific nonimmigrant visa categories (Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela). The restrictions are based on asserted deficiencies in screening, vetting, information-sharing, identity-management, and high visa overstay rates.
Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 1245(d)(4)(B) and (C) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
The President determined that global petroleum supplies from non-Iranian sources remain sufficient to allow countries to significantly reduce their purchases of Iranian oil, continuing a sanctions mechanism under the 2012 NDAA. This maintains the legal foundation for pressuring foreign financial institutions that facilitate Iranian oil transactions.
Reforming Foreign Defense Sales To Improve Speed and Accountability
This executive order reforms the U.S. foreign defense sales system to accelerate arms transfers to allies and partners while improving accountability. It directs the Secretaries of State and Defense to develop priority partner and end-item lists, streamline congressional notifications, review export control restrictions, and create a unified tracking system for defense sales.
Restoring America's Maritime Dominance
This executive order directs a comprehensive, interagency effort to rebuild U.S. commercial and defense shipbuilding capacity, expand the maritime workforce, and counter China's dominance in global shipbuilding. It mandates numerous reports and legislative proposals within 30-210 days, including a Maritime Action Plan, tariffs on Chinese-origin ship-to-shore cranes and cargo handling equipment, enforcement of harbor maintenance fees, financial incentives for domestic shipbuilding, maritime prosperity zones, and modernization of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa
This executive order halts U.S. foreign aid to South Africa and prioritizes refugee resettlement for Afrikaners, citing South Africa's Expropriation Act of 2024 and its foreign policy positions on Israel and Iran. The order directs all agencies to stop aid flows and requires State and DHS to develop a resettlement plan for Afrikaner refugees.
Imposing Duties To Address the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China
This executive order imposes an additional 10 percent ad valorem tariff on all goods imported from China, effective February 4, 2025, citing China's failure to stop the flow of fentanyl precursor chemicals and related transnational criminal activity. The order expands a previously declared national emergency and terminates inconsistent prior trade directives with China.
The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Global Tax Deal (Global Tax Deal)
This memorandum declares that the OECD Global Tax Deal has no force or effect in the United States without congressional adoption, directs Treasury and the U.S. OECD representative to formally notify the OECD of this position, and orders Treasury and USTR to investigate foreign extraterritorial or discriminatory tax measures affecting American companies and recommend protective U.S. responses within 60 days.
Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists
This executive order declares a national emergency and creates a process to designate certain international drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations (including Tren de Aragua and MS-13) as Foreign Terrorist Organizations under immigration law or Specially Designated Global Terrorists under economic sanctions law. It requires recommendations within 14 days and prepares for potential use of the Alien Enemies Act to expedite removals.
Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
This executive order directs federal agencies to deny recognition of birthright U.S. citizenship to certain children born on U.S. soil: those whose mothers were unlawfully present or temporarily visiting (e.g., on visas) and whose fathers were not U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents at birth. The policy takes effect for births occurring more than 30 days after January 20, 2025.
Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats
This executive order mandates enhanced vetting and screening of all aliens seeking admission or already present in the U.S., requiring agencies to identify deficient countries for potential admission suspensions within 60 days and to evaluate visa programs, inadmissibility grounds, and assimilation policies within 30 days. It re-establishes pre-January 20, 2021 screening baselines and directs removal of aliens found to threaten national security or public safety.
Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements
This executive order withdraws the United States from the Paris Agreement and all related UN climate commitments, revokes the International Climate Finance Plan, freezes and rescinds climate-related foreign funding, and directs agencies to prioritize economic efficiency over environmental objectives in future international energy agreements.
Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program
This executive order suspends the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) effective January 27, 2025, halting refugee entry and application decisions until a future presidential determination that resumption aligns with U.S. interests. It requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to report every 90 days on whether to resume the program, allows case-by-case exceptions for national interest, directs exploration of expanded state/local role in refugee placement, and revokes Biden-era EO 14013.