Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border
Honest Title:
Border Emergency: Executive Overreach?
Constitutional Risk:
6
Signed by: Donald J. Trump
Signed: 2/3/2025
Last Updated: 2/7/2025
Executive Order
Summary
This order pauses a 25% tariff on Mexican goods until March 4th, due to Mexican actions on border issues. The US will reassess and may reimpose tariffs if the situation worsens.
Updates
- 2025-01-29: Presidential Action: Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Full Capacity
- 2025-01-XX: Executive Order: Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States
- 2025-01-XX: Executive Order: Clarifying the Military's Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States
- 2025-02-01: Presidential Action: Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border - Presidential action imposing duties to address the situation at the Southern Border.
- 2025-02-03: Presidential Action: Progress on the Situation At Our Southern Border - A report on the progress of the situation at the Southern Border, pursuant to section 3 of the Executive Order of February 1, 2025.
- 2025-02-03: ACLU filed a lawsuit challenging the ban on asylum access at the Southern Border, arguing that it violates U.S. law.
- 2025-02-04: News Article: Texas sends more troops to the southern border - Gov. Greg Abbott said he's sending more than 400 soldiers from Houston and Fort Worth to the U.S.-Mexico border to collaborate with Border Patrol agents.