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Original Date Announced
February 19, 2025President Trump issued EO 14218, "Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders," requiring the heads of each executive department or agency to take certain steps to "prevent taxpayer resources from acting as a magnet and fueling illegal immigration" and "ensure, to the maximum extent permitted by law, that no taxpayer-funded benefits go to unqualified aliens." Such department or agency heads must:
- identify federally funded programs administrated by the agency that currently permit undocumented immigrants to obtain "any cash or non-cash public benefit" and align such programs, consistent with legal requirements, to this EO and provisions of federal law (including PRWORA);
- ensure, consistent with legal requirements, that federal payments to states do not "by design or effect, facilitate the subsidization or promotion of illegal immigration, or abet so-called 'sanctuary' policies";
- enhance eligibility verification systems "to the maximum extent possible prevent benefits from going to ineligible noncitizens; and
- refer "any improper receipt or use of Federal benefits" to DOJ and DHS for "appropriate action."
In the next 30 days, the Order also requires the OMB Director and the DOGE Administrator, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, to (1) identify all other sources of federal funding for undocumented immigrants; and (2) recommend additional actions to align federal spending with the purpose of the EO.
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2025.2.19 EO 14218: Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders -
Effective Date
February 19, 2025
Current Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
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