Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans

The order directs the Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Secretary of Homeland Security to review existing regulations and policies for barriers to legal immigration benefits and fair adjudications, identify actions inconsistent with a pro-integration policy, and submit implementation plans to the President. It also requires a separate review of all agency actions related to "public charge" inadmissibility rules — policies that can bar immigrants who have used public benefits — with recommendations for reform. On naturalization, it directs those same secretaries to develop a plan to streamline the process, reduce fees, and expand access for military members and eligible candidates born abroad.

The order establishes an Interagency Working Group on Promoting Naturalization, chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security, to develop a national naturalization-promotion strategy. It also directs the Domestic Policy Council to convene a Task Force on New Americans to coordinate integration and inclusion efforts. Additionally, it revokes the May 23, 2019, Presidential Memorandum on enforcing sponsor financial responsibilities and requires relevant agencies to review and, where appropriate, suspend any enforcement actions taken under it.

Immigrants and refugees residing in the United States seeking immigration benefits, naturalization, or access to public services; immigrant sponsors previously subject to financial-liability enforcement; federal agencies administering immigration and naturalization programs; and state and local governments whose integration programs the federal government aims to support.

Immigrants facing high naturalization fees, long processing times, or fear of public-charge rules may see those barriers reduced or eliminated if the ordered reviews result in policy changes. The revocation of the sponsor-enforcement memo immediately halts a category of compliance investigations that affected immigrant families and their U.S.-citizen sponsors.

Implementation works in stages: agencies first submit 60- and 90-day plans, then follow-up progress reports 180 days after each plan. The Naturalization Working Group produces a national strategy within 90 days. The DPC Task Force on New Americans coordinates across all participating agencies. The order contains no direct enforcement mechanism beyond the reporting requirements; actual policy changes depend on the plans and recommendations agencies subsequently develop and act upon. A standard non-self-execution clause bars individuals from asserting legal rights based on the order.