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

Record & deadlines

1. Feb 2, 2021Signed

   Signed by the President

2. Feb 5, 2021FR published

   Published in the Federal Register · 86 FR 8267

   Federal Register PDF
3. Oct 30, 2021

   Joint regulations on 'particular social group' definition in asylum law

4. Aug 1, 2021

   Comprehensive examination of asylum rules/regulations for domestic/gang violence protection

5. 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

• APNSA · Executive Office of the President
• Secretary of State · Department of State
• Attorney General · Department of Justice
• Secretary of Homeland Security · Department of Homeland Security
• Director of CDC · Department of Health and Human Services
• Secretary of HHS · Department of Health and Human Services
• United States Digital Service · Office of Management and Budget

Prior policyRollback

• revokeExecutive Order 13767 of January 25, 2017 (Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements)
• revokeProclamation 9880 of May 8, 2019 (Addressing Mass Migration Through the Southern Border of the United States)
• revokePresidential Memorandum of April 29, 2019 (Additional Measures to Enhance Border Security and Restore Integrity to Our Immigration System)
• revokePresidential Memorandum of April 6, 2018 (Ending 'Catch and Release' at the Border of the United States and Directing Other Enhancements to Immigration Enforcement)
• revokePresidential Memorandum of April 4, 2018 (Securing the Southern Border of the United States)
• rescind'Termination of the Central American Minors Parole Program,' 82 FR 38,926 (August 16, 2017)
• rescind'Order Suspending the Right To Introduce Certain Persons From Countries Where a Quarantinable Communicable Disease Exists,' 85 FR 65,806 (October 13, 2020)
• rescind'Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine: Suspension of the Right to Introduce and Prohibition of Introduction of Persons into United States from Designated Foreign Countries or Places for Public Health Purposes,' 85 FR 56,424 (September 11, 2020)
• rescindMemorandum of the Secretary of Homeland Security titled 'Policy Guidance for Implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols' (January 25, 2019)
• rescind'Aliens Subject to a Bar on Entry Under Certain Presidential Proclamations; Procedures for Protection Claims,' 83 FR 55,934 (November 9, 2018)
• rescind'Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications,' 85 FR 82,260 (December 17, 2020)
• rescind'Implementing Bilateral and Multilateral Asylum Cooperative Agreements Under the Immigration and Nationality Act,' 84 FR 63,994 (November 19, 2019)
• rescindAgreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Guatemala on Cooperation Regarding the Examination of Protection Claims, 84 FR 64,095 (July 26, 2019)
• rescindAgreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of El Salvador for Cooperation in the Examination of Protection Claims, 85 FR 83,597 (September 20, 2019)
• rescindAgreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Honduras for Cooperation in the Examination of Protection Claims, 85 FR 25,462 (September 25, 2019)
• other'Prompt Asylum Case Review' program
• other'Humanitarian Asylum Review Program'
• rescind'Designating Aliens for Expedited Removal,' 84 FR 35,409 (July 23, 2019)

Related orders

• revokesEO 13767

What to expect

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