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handle is hein.crs/rctevenmch0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional ______ Recent Executive Branch Actions on Immigration (Part 2) May 1, 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. This Legal Sidebar provides an overview of select executive actions and directives issued to date that are related to interior immigration enforcement, public safety and national security, and eligibility for U.S. citizenship. It is the second in a two-part series. The first Sidebar is available here. Interior Immigration Enforcement On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, revoking several Biden Administration executive orders related to immigration enforcement policies and priorities and stipulating that it is the policy of the United States to faithfully execute the immigration laws against all inadmissible and removal aliens, particularly those aliens who threaten the safety or security of the American people. The executive order directs DHS officials to implement new civil enforcement priorities and to prioritize enforcing final orders of removal and immigration law provisions related to the illegal entry and unlawful presence of aliens in the United States. The executive order also directs the Attorney General, Secretary of State, and DHS Secretary to prioritize prosecuting criminal offenses related to the unauthorized entry and presence of aliens in the United States. The order directs all unregistered aliens to comply with the registration obligations under 8 U.S.C. § 1302 and aliens who fail to do so to be categorized as enforcement priorities. The executive order also calls for expanding expedited removal to the fullest extent authorized by Congress. Individuals subject to expedited removal bypass administrative removal proceedings and the opportunity to present their cases in front of immigration judges. The order would potentially make expedited removal available in removing any alien found to have been physically present in the country for less than two years if that alien either did not obtain valid entry documents or procured admission through fraud or misrepresentation. This reflects a return to the expansive expedited removal policy adopted by the first Trump Administration in 2019. The Biden Administration had rescinded this policy, reverting back to the pre-Trump Administration application of expedited removal to individuals apprehended within 100 miles of the border and within 14 days of entering the United States. On January Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov LSB11300 CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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