{"id":577,"date":"2026-01-06T15:22:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/?p=577"},"modified":"2026-01-07T11:29:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:29:02","slug":"executive-orders-further-trumps-immigration-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/2026\/01\/06\/executive-orders-further-trumps-immigration-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive orders further Trump\u2019s immigration agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Kar\u00adla Perez
UConn Jour\u00adnal\u00adism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A guide for new immigrants in the United States to help them settle into American life and provide American civics information. (DHS Photo by Unknown\/Released)<\/p>\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14163.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14163.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-1453\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14163.jpg 640w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14163-300x281.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">
A guide for new immi\u00adgrants in the Unit\u00aded States to help them set\u00adtle into Amer\u00adi\u00adcan life and pro\u00advide Amer\u00adi\u00adcan civics infor\u00adma\u00adtion. Pho\u00adto cour\u00adtesy of DHS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Pres\u00adi\u00addent Don\u00adald Trump signed more than two dozen exec\u00adu\u00adtive orders on Jan. 20, 2025, his first day back in the White House. Eight of them cen\u00adtered on immi\u00adgra\u00adtion. With\u00adin these orders, Trump repeat\u00aded inten\u00adtions from his first term to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico bor\u00adder, but he also took broad aim at who can enter the coun\u00adtry by halt\u00ading refugee admis\u00adsion and who can be an Amer\u00adi\u00adcan by lim\u00adit\u00ading birthright cit\u00adi\u00adzen\u00adship.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One exec\u00adu\u00adtive order<\/a> said that Trump may decide to invoke the Alien Ene\u00admies Act of 1798 on inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal car\u00adtels and orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions des\u00adig\u00adnat\u00aded as For\u00adeign Ter\u00adror\u00adist Orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions, which would allow him to detain and deport cit\u00adi\u00adzens of ene\u00admy coun\u00adtries. In March, he invoked the act on Venezue\u00adlan orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion Tren de Aru\u00adga, sub\u00adject\u00ading Venezue\u00adlans 14 years old and old\u00ader to be \u201cappre\u00adhend\u00aded, restrained, secured, and removed as Alien Ene\u00admies.<\/a>\u201d Anoth\u00ader Trump order pledged to pur\u00adsue the death penal\u00adty for every cap\u00adi\u00adtal crime com\u00admit\u00adted by an undoc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded immi\u00adgrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click on the box\u00ades below to learn more about each exec\u00adu\u00adtive order.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Nogales Bicycle Unit discuss recent activity near the DeConcini Port of Entry. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by Andrew Franklin) (DHS Photo by Andrew Franklin\/Released)<\/p>\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/12\/IMM-EXECO-62a46918869b2143901d0b6c0edda5a6.jpg-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1083 size-large\" alt src=\"http:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/12\/IMM-EXECO-62a46918869b2143901d0b6c0edda5a6.jpg-1024x682.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/12\/IMM-EXECO-62a46918869b2143901d0b6c0edda5a6.jpg-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/12\/IMM-EXECO-62a46918869b2143901d0b6c0edda5a6.jpg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/12\/IMM-EXECO-62a46918869b2143901d0b6c0edda5a6.jpg-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/12\/IMM-EXECO-62a46918869b2143901d0b6c0edda5a6.jpg.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/span>
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Exec\u00adu\u00adtive Order 14156<\/strong>
\u201cSecur\u00ading our Bor\u00adders\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Americans await the Supreme Court's decision on the legality of Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship. The court declared it would begin hearings in the spring, with a decision expected in the summer. Photo by OZinOH on flickr.<\/p>\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-04-at-12.07.18-AM.png\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1457 size-full\" alt src=\"http:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-04-at-12.07.18-AM.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-04-at-12.07.18-AM.png 800w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-04-at-12.07.18-AM-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-04-at-12.07.18-AM-768x581.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/span>
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Exec\u00adu\u00adtive Order 14160<\/strong>
\u201cPro\u00adtect\u00ading the Mean\u00ading and Val\u00adue of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Cit\u00adi\u00adzen\u00adship\u201d<\/a>
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A guide for new immigrants in the United States to help them settle into American life and provide American civics information. (DHS Photo by Unknown\/Released)<\/p>\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14163.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1453 size-full\" alt src=\"http:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14163.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14163.jpg 640w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14163-300x281.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/span>
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Exec\u00adu\u00adtive Order 14163<\/strong>
\u201cRealign\u00ading the Unit\u00aded States Refugee Admis\u00adsions Pro\u00adgram\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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McAllen, TX (August 12, 2021) Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, along with Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz, attends a morning muster at McAllen Border Patrol Station. (DHS Photo by Benjamin Applebaum\/Released)<\/p>\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14159-1024x684.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1449 size-full\" alt src=\"http:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14159.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14159.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14159-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14159-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14159-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"><\/span>
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Exec\u00adu\u00adtive Order 14159<\/strong>
\u201cPro\u00adtect\u00ading the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Peo\u00adple Against Inva\u00adsion\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

CBP Officer processes a passenger into the United States at an airport. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by James Tourtellotte)<\/p>\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER-14161-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1451 size-large\" alt src=\"http:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER-14161-1024x682.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER-14161-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER-14161-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER-14161-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER-14161.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/span>
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Exec\u00adu\u00adtive Order 14161<\/strong>
\u201cPro\u00adtect\u00ading the Unit\u00aded States from For\u00adeign Ter\u00adror\u00adists and Oth\u00ader Nation\u00adal Secu\u00adri\u00adty and Pub\u00adlic Safe\u00adty Threats\u201d<\/a> 
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New Orleans, L.A. (October 23, 2020) A U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter transports Department of Homeland Security staff in support of a trip by Acting Homeland Security Secretary Wolf. (DHS Photo by Benjamin Applebaum\/Released)<\/p>\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14167-1024x706.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1455 size-large\" alt src=\"http:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14167-1024x706.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14167-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14167-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14167-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14167.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/span>
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Exec\u00adu\u00adtive Order 14167<\/strong>
\u201cClar\u00adi\u00adfy\u00ading the Military\u2019s Role in Pro\u00adtect\u00ading the Ter\u00adri\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal Integri\u00adty of the Unit\u00aded States\u201d<\/a>
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By Kar\u00adla PerezU\u00adConn Jour\u00adnal\u00adism Pres\u00adi\u00addent Don\u00adald Trump signed more than two dozen exec\u00adu\u00adtive orders on Jan. 20, 2025, his first day back in the White House. Eight of them cen\u00adtered on immi\u00adgra\u00adtion. With\u00adin these orders, Trump repeat\u00aded inten\u00adtions from his first term to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico bor\u00adder, but he also took broad aim at who can enter the coun\u00adtry by halt\u00ading refugee admis\u00adsion and who can be an Amer\u00adi\u00adcan by lim\u00adit\u00ading birthright [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1021,"featured_media":1453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[35,33,34,36],"class_list":["post-577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-immigration","tag-birthright-citizenship","tag-executive-orders","tag-immigration","tag-refugees"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2026\/01\/IMM-EXEC-ORDER14163.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":675,"url":"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/2026\/01\/05\/executive-order-14159-protecting-the-american-people-against-invasion\/","url_meta":{"origin":577,"position":0},"title":"Executive Order 14159: \u201cProtecting the American People Against Invasion\u201d ","author":"Karla Perez","date":"January 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"McAllen, TX (August 12, 2021) Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, along with Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz, attends a morning muster at McAllen Border Patrol Station. 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