White House Issues Executive Order on the Southern Border and the Asylum System

On 2/2/21, the White House issued an executive order to implement a comprehensive three-part plan for safe, lawful, and orderly migration across the southern border, as well as to review the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program. The order also directs a series of actions to restore the U.S. asylum system. (86 FR 8267, 2/5/21)

Executive Order 14010 of February 2, 2021

Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework To Address the Causes of Migration, To Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and To Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the United States Border

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Cite as AILA Doc. No. 21020237.

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