Executive order · Signed January 20, 2025

Protecting the American People Against Invasion

President Donald Trump signed it on January 20, 2025. Published in the Federal Register on January 29, 2025, 90 FR 8443.

Executive Order 14159
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  1. Shri ThanedarDDemocratMichigan · House · January 15, 2026

    Congressman Shri Thanedar Introduces the Abolish ICE Act

    “(2) One of President Trump’s first Executive Orders, titled ‘‘Protecting the American People Against Invasion’’, unleashed ICE to carry out mass arrests and deportations of noncriminal immigrants in the United States, with approximately 70 percent of arrests made by immigration agents in 2025 being detainees who had no criminal record.”

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  2. Jon OssoffDDemocratGeorgia · Senate · May 2, 2025

    Sen. Ossoff Sounds Alarm That U.S. Citizens Are at Risk of Wrongful Arrest & Deportation

    “President Trump’s Executive Order 14159 ostensibly focuses immigration enforcement on those ‘who threaten the safety or security of the American people.’ Yet the Administration’s ‘collateral arrest’ policy appears to be so aggressive that entire families suspected of no crime and even U.S. citizens have been detained,” Sen. Ossoff wrote to DHS Secretary Noem.”

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  3. Sean CastenDDemocratIllinois · House · April 30, 2025

    Casten, 22 House Democrats Highlight Economic Turmoil Caused by Trump’s Immigration Policies

    “You also issued the Executive Order “Protecting the American People Against Invasion,” which directs a strict enforcement-first version of immigration policy, enlisting all departments to prioritize it above their own work, aiding the Department of Homeland Security in enforcing deportation and criminalization of immigrants. Your focus on deportation, rather than appropriate adjudication with regard to each immigrant’s unique circumstances, counters”

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  4. W. Gregory SteubeRRepublicanFlorida · House · April 29, 2025

    Steube Calls for Suncoast Cooperation With ICE

    “President Trump’s Executive Order 14159, Protecting People Against Invasion, directed Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) to permit enrolled state and local authorities to perform specific immigration officer functions under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). All agencies enrolled in the 287(g) program are directed and supervised by ICE in their execution of immigration law enforcement.”

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  5. Kimberlyn King-HindsRRepublicanNorthern Mariana Islands · House · January 29, 2025

    Congresswoman King-Hinds Gives Update on Trump Administration’s Grant Freeze

    “Protecting the American People Against Invasion”

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