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Executive Order 13767

Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements

This executive order directs the Department of Homeland Security to plan and construct a physical wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, expand detention facilities and immigration enforcement capacity, end the "catch and release" practice for apprehended immigrants, authorize state and local law enforcement to perform immigration officer functions, and tighten asylum and parole standards. It mandates hiring 5,000 additional Border Patrol agents and requires multiple reports on border security progress and foreign aid to Mexico.

Federal Register Open PDF 82 FR 8793

Impact dates

  1. Comprehensive southern border security study completed

  2. Attorney General submits progress report to President

  3. DHS Secretary submits progress report to President

  4. Secretary of State submits consolidated foreign aid report to President

  5. Agency heads submit foreign aid information to Secretary of State

  6. Monthly public reporting of apprehension statistics (ongoing)

Key directives

  • Plan, design, and construct physical wall along southern border
  • Produce comprehensive border security study within 180 days
  • Immediately construct/operate detention facilities near Mexico border
  • Assign asylum officers and immigration judges to detention facilities
  • End 'catch and release' practice
  • Hire 5,000 additional Border Patrol agents subject to appropriations
  • Report foreign aid to Mexico: agency submissions within 30 days, consolidated report within 60 days
  • Enter 287(g) agreements with state/local law enforcement
  • Monthly public reporting of apprehension statistics
  • DHS progress report within 90 days; DOJ progress report within 180 days

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • plan/design/construct wall
  • allocate resources for detention facilities
  • assign asylum officers to detention facilities
  • assign immigration judges to detention facilities
  • end 'catch and release' practice
  • return certain aliens to territory of origin
  • engage governors on 287(g) agreements
  • tighten parole and asylum provisions
  • authorize access to Federal lands
  • establish prosecution priorities for border-related offenses

Near term (90d)

  • submit foreign aid information to Secretary of State (30 days)
  • submit consolidated foreign aid report to President (60 days)
  • submit DHS progress report to President (90 days)

Long term

  • complete comprehensive southern border security study (180 days)
  • submit DOJ progress report to President (180 days)
  • hire 5,000 additional Border Patrol agents
  • ongoing monthly public reporting of apprehension statistics

Risks & tensions

  • Construction funding requires Congressional appropriations, creating implementation uncertainty
  • 287(g) agreements may face state/local resistance or legal challenges
  • Mass detention expansion strains capacity and raises due process concerns
  • Terminating 'catch and release' conflicts with existing court settlements and detention capacity limits
  • Foreign aid reporting to Mexico may signal pressure tactic for cost-sharing negotiations
  • Impact of 'operational control' definition (prevention of ALL unlawful entries) is practically unattainable, creating accountability tension
Executive Order 13767: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements · Executive Orders