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handle is hein.crs/govesks0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Recent White House Actions on Immigration Updated February 10, 2025 Since taking office on January 20, 2025, President Trump and his Administration have issued numerous executive actions and initiatives related to the enforcement of federal immigration laws. These actions address a range of issues, including the suspension of entry of aliens at the southern border, the processing of applicants for admission, border security, refugee admissions, immigration enforcement in the interior of the United States, public safety and national security, citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and other topics. Some actions reinstate previous policies and initiatives that were implemented during the first Trump Administration. This Legal Sidebar provides a brief overview of select executive actions and directives related to immigration that have been issued to date. Presidential Proclamation Restricting Entry into the United States in Response to an Invasion On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued the presidential proclamation Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion. The proclamation directs the federal government to take measures to fulfill its obligations to the States under Article IV, Section 4, of the Constitution, commonly referred to as the Guarantee Clause or the Invasion Clause. The clause provides, The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence. Invoking the Guarantee Clause and the President's independent constitutional authority, along with authorities delegated by immigration statute, the proclamation contains a mixture of specific actions and general directives. Section 1 of the proclamation suspends the entry into the United States of aliens engaged in the invasion across the southern border until a finding that the invasion at the southern border has ceased. This entry restriction relies on authorities conferred under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(f), which authorizes the President by proclamation to suspend the entry of any aliens or classes of aliens whose entry he finds would be detrimental to the United States, and 8 U.S.C. § 1185(a), which among other things prohibits an alien from entering or attempting to enter the United States except under such rules as the President may prescribe. In addition, Section 4 ofthe proclamation, which does not invoke a specific statutory authority, directs that immigration authorities prevent covered aliens'physical entry into the United States. For covered aliens found within the United States, Section 2 of the proclamation provides that they are Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov LSB11265 CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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