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Executive Order 14011

Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families

This executive order creates an interagency task force to identify and reunite children separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border under the 2018 Zero-Tolerance Policy. It revokes the prior administration's EO 13841 and mandates regular progress reports to the President on reunification efforts and policy recommendations to prevent future family separations.

Federal Register Open PDF 86 FR 8273

Impact dates

  1. Final report due upon mission completion

  2. Recommendations to prevent future family separations due

  3. First interim progress report due (assuming initial report on day 120)

  4. Initial progress report due

  5. Task Force termination (30 days after final report)

Key directives

  • Identify all children separated January 20, 2017–January 20, 2021 under Zero-Tolerance Policy
  • Facilitate reunification through parole, visas, immigration benefits, and services
  • Consult children, families, and stakeholders on reunification manner and location
  • Submit initial progress report within 120 days
  • Submit interim reports every 60 days thereafter
  • Submit policy recommendations to prevent future separations within 1 year
  • Submit final report upon mission completion
  • Terminate Task Force 30 days after final report
  • Revoke EO 13841

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Task Force establishment
  • EO 13841 revocation

Near term (90d)

  • Initial progress report due (120 days)
  • Interim reporting cycle begins (every 60 days after initial report)

Long term

  • Recommendations to prevent future separations due (1 year)
  • Final report upon mission completion
  • Task Force termination 30 days after final report

Risks & tensions

  • Reunification logistics complicated by deported parents, incomplete records, and children's changed circumstances
  • Parole and visa recommendations require agency cooperation and may face resource constraints
  • 'Subject to availability of appropriations' qualifier may limit implementation
  • Definition of 'families' and 'children' may create edge cases; text does not specify how to handle legal guardians vs. biological parents
  • No enforcement mechanism if agencies decline to follow recommendations
Executive Order 14011: Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families · Executive Orders