Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework To Address the Causes of Migration, To Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and To Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the United States Border

This executive order establishes a comprehensive regional approach to migration from Central America by directing the creation of two major strategies—one addressing root causes of migration in the Northern Triangle and another for collaborative regional migration management. It also restores and expands asylum processing at the U.S. border, revokes multiple Trump-era immigration policies including the Migrant Protection Protocols and border wall construction orders, and sets specific deadlines for regulatory reviews on asylum eligibility and expedited removal procedures.

Federal Register Open PDF 86 FR 8267

Impact dates

Oct 30, 2021
Joint regulations on 'particular social group' definition in asylum law
Aug 1, 2021
Comprehensive examination of asylum rules/regulations for domestic/gang violence protection
Jun 2, 2021
DHS Secretary submits report on expedited removal review and recommendations

Key directives

APNSA to prepare Root Causes Strategy and Collaborative Management Strategy
Secretary of State and DHS Secretary to review refugee resettlement mechanisms and report to President
DHS Secretary to consider reinstating CAM Parole Program
DHS and CDC to consult on safe asylum processing at land borders
DHS Secretary to review and determine whether to terminate Migrant Protection Protocols
Attorney General and DHS Secretary to review rescission of asylum cooperative agreements with Northern Triangle countries
DHS Secretary to cease Prompt Asylum Case Review and Humanitarian Asylum Review programs
Revocation of EO 13767 and four other presidential border security documents
DHS Secretary with USDS to review expedited removal and report within 120 days
Attorney General and DHS Secretary to conduct comprehensive asylum eligibility examination within 180 days
Attorney General and DHS Secretary to promulgate joint regulations on 'particular social group' within 270 days

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

Revocation of Executive Order 13767 and four other presidential documents on border security
Suspension of Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) implementation
Cessation of Prompt Asylum Case Review and Humanitarian Asylum Review programs
Suspension/termination of asylum cooperative agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras

Near term (90d)

Submission of report on expedited removal review (120 days)
Review of CDC quarantine orders and MPP termination decisions
Reinstatement of asylum processing at land borders
Evaluation of CAM Parole Program reinstatement
Consultations with regional governments and international organizations

Long term

Root Causes Strategy and Collaborative Management Strategy development
180-day asylum eligibility examination for domestic/gang violence claims
270-day joint rulemaking on 'particular social group' definition
Regional asylum system capacity building in Mexico and Central America
Potential scaling of in-region protection pathways

Risks & tensions

Implementation constrained by 'subject to availability of appropriations' and 'consistent with applicable law' clauses
Vague 'promptly' timelines for most actions create uncertainty about actual compliance
Capacity constraints and public health limitations repeatedly cited as potential limiting factors
Regional governments may resist U.S. policy shifts or demand concessions for cooperation
Rescission of cooperative agreements may strain diplomatic relationships with Northern Triangle countries
MPP wind-down and border processing restart risk logistical bottlenecks and political backlash