Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States
Headline: Order Directs Federal and Local Authorities to Enforce Immigration Laws
What it does: Agencies must use all lawful means to identify, detain, and remove removable noncitizens and expand enforcement through hiring and local partnerships.
- Adds 10,000 immigration officers to increase detention and removal capacity.
- Withholds federal grant eligibility from jurisdictions refusing immigration cooperation.
- Publishes weekly lists of crimes by noncitizens and ignored detainers.
Summary
This order directs federal agencies to use all lawful means to enforce U.S. immigration laws against removable noncitizens. It prioritizes removal of people convicted or charged with crimes, those with final removal orders, fraud, or who abuse public benefits, and calls for hiring 10,000 additional immigration officers and expanding cooperation with state and local police.
The order also authorizes withholding federal grants from jurisdictions that refuse immigration cooperation, requires public reporting on crimes and detention outcomes, and creates an office to help victims of crimes by removable noncitizens.
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