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Title 3—

Executive Order 14161 of January 20, 2025

The President

Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and
Other National Security and Public Safety Threats
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., and section 301 of title 3, United
States Code, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Policy and Purpose. (a) It is the policy of the United States
to protect its citizens from aliens who intend to commit terrorist attacks,
threaten our national security, espouse hateful ideology, or otherwise exploit
the immigration laws for malevolent purposes.
(b) To protect Americans, the United States must be vigilant during the
visa-issuance process to ensure that those aliens approved for admission
into the United States do not intend to harm Americans or our national
interests. More importantly, the United States must identify them before
their admission or entry into the United States. And the United States
must ensure that admitted aliens and aliens otherwise already present in
the United States do not bear hostile attitudes toward its citizens, culture,
government, institutions, or founding principles, and do not advocate for,
aid, or support designated foreign terrorists and other threats to our national
security.
Sec. 2. Enhanced Vetting and Screening Across Agencies.
(a) The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Attorney General,
the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence,
shall promptly:
(i) identify all resources that may be used to ensure that all aliens seeking
admission to the United States, or who are already in the United States,
are vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible;
(ii) determine the information needed from any country to adjudicate
any visa, admission, or other benefit under the INA for one of its nationals,
and to ascertain whether the individual seeking the benefit is who the
individual claims to be and that the individual is not a security or publicsafety threat;

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(iii) re-establish a uniform baseline for screening and vetting standards
and procedures, consistent with the uniform baseline that existed on January 19, 2021, that will be used for any alien seeking a visa or immigration
benefit of any kind; and
(iv) vet and screen to the maximum degree possible all aliens who intend
to be admitted, enter, or are already inside the United States, particularly
those aliens coming from regions or nations with identified security risks.
(b) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of State,
the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director
of National Intelligence shall jointly submit to the President, through the
Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, a report:
(i) identifying countries throughout the world for which vetting and screening information is so deficient as to warrant a partial or full suspension
on the admission of nationals from those countries pursuant to section
212(f) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)); and
(ii) identifying how many nationals from those countries have entered
or have been admitted into the United States on or since January 20,

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2021, and any other information the Secretaries and Attorney General
deem relevant to the actions or activities of such nationals since their
admission or entry to the United States.
(c) Whenever information is identified that would support the exclusion
or removal of any alien described in subsection 2(b), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take immediate steps to exclude or remove that alien
unless she determines that doing so would inhibit a significant pending
investigation or prosecution of the alien for a serious criminal offense or
would be contrary to the national security interests of the United States.
Sec. 3. Additional Measures to Protect the Nation. As soon as possible,
but no later than 30 days from the date of this order, the Secretary of
State, in coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland
Security, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall also:
(a) Evaluate and adjust all existing regulations, policies, procedures, and
provisions of the Foreign Service Manual, or guidance of any kind pertaining
to each of the grounds of inadmissibility listed in sections 212(a)(2)–(3)
of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)–(3)), to ensure the continued safety and
security of the American people and our constitutional republic;
(b) Ensure that sufficient safeguards are in place to prevent any refugee
or stateless individual from being admitted to the United States without
undergoing stringent identification verification beyond that required of any
other alien seeking admission or entry to the United States;
(c) Evaluate all visa programs to ensure that they are not used by foreign
nation-states or other hostile actors to harm the security, economic, political,
cultural, or other national interests of the United States;
(d) Recommend any actions necessary to protect the American people
from the actions of foreign nationals who have undermined or seek to
undermine the fundamental constitutional rights of the American people,
including, but not limited to, our Citizens’ rights to freedom of speech
and the free exercise of religion protected by the First Amendment, who
preach or call for sectarian violence, the overthrow or replacement of the
culture on which our constitutional Republic stands, or who provide aid,
advocacy, or support for foreign terrorists;
(e) Ensure the devotion of adequate resources to identify and take appropriate action for offenses described in 8 U.S.C. 1451;
(f) Evaluate the adequacy of programs designed to ensure the proper
assimilation of lawful immigrants into the United States, and recommend
any additional measures to be taken that promote a unified American identity
and attachment to the Constitution, laws, and founding principles of the
United States; and
(g) Recommend any additional actions to protect the American people
and our constitutional republic from foreign threats.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency,
or the head thereof; or

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(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and
subject to the availability of appropriations.

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(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party
against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers,
employees, or agents, or any other person.

THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 20 2025.
[FR Doc. 2025–02009
Filed 1–29–25; 8:45 am]

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