Executive Orders on Protecting the Homeland

What DHS is Doing

In January 2017, the president announced a series of Executive Orders that provide the Department with additional resources, tools and personnel to carry out the critical work of securing our borders, enforcing our immigration laws, and ensuring that individuals who pose a threat to national security or public safety cannot enter or remain in our country. Protecting the American people is the highest priority of our government and this Department.

Executive Orders

• March 31, 2017: Executive Order: Establishing Enhanced Collection and Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties and Violations of Trade and Customs Laws | WhiteHouse.gov
• March 6, 2017: Executive Order: Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States | WhiteHouse.gov
• January 25, 2017: Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States | WhiteHouse.gov
• January 25, 2017: Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements | WhiteHouse.gov

Presidential Memos

• March 6, 2017: Implementing Immediate Heightened Screening and Vetting of Applications for Visas and Other Immigration Benefits, Ensuring Enforcement of All Laws for Entry into the United States, and Increasing Transparency Among Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government and for the American People | WhiteHouse.gov
• March 6, 2017: Letter from Secretary of Homeland Security Kelly and Attorney General Sessions to President Trump

Implementation Memos

• February 20, 2017: Implementing the President's Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvement Policies
• February 20, 2017: Enforcement of the Immigration Laws to Serve the National Interest

Fact Sheets

• March 31, 2017: Fact Sheet: Enhanced Collection and Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties and Violations of Trade and Customs Laws
• March 31, 2017: Q&A: Enhanced Collection and Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties and Violations of Trade and Customs Laws
• March 20, 2017: Fact Sheet: U.S. Immigration and Customers Enforcement Declined Detainer Outcome Report (DDOR)
• March 20, 2017: Q&A: U.S. Immigration and Customers Enforcement Declined Detainer Outcome Report (DDOR)
• March 6, 2017: Fact Sheet: Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry To The United States
• March 6: 2017: Q&A: Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry To The United States
• February 21, 2017: Fact Sheet: Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements
• February 21, 2017: Fact Sheet: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States
• February 21, 2017: Q&A: DHS Implementation of the Executive Order on Border Security and Immigration Enforcement
• February 21, 2017: Q&A: DHS Implementation of the Executive Order on Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior Of the United States

Press Releases

• March 20, 2017: DHS Releases U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Declined Detainer Outcome Report
• March 6, 2017: Statement by Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly on President's Executive Order Signed Today
• February 21, 2017: Secretary Kelly Issues Implementation Memoranda on Border Security and Interior Enforcement Executive Orders
• February 13, 2017: Statement From Secretary Kelly On Recent ICE Enforcement Actions
• February 7, 2017: Written testimony of DHS Secretary John F. Kelly for a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing titled "Ending the Crisis: America’s Borders and the Path to Security"

Additional Information / Links

• U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  • CBP INFO Center: Email or call 1-877-CBP-5511 (1-877-227-5511)
• U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement
  • Report Crimes: Email or call 1-866-DHS-2-ICE
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
• Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman