Thread by @ReichlinMelnick

On to asylum processing, the part I'm most interested in. First, the DHS Secretary and the CDC Director are required to "promptly begin consultation and planning" with NGOs "to develop policies and procedures for safe and orderly processing of asylum claims."

Nothing concrete.

Next, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the AG, the HHS Director, and the CDC Director, "shall promptly begin taking steps to reinstate the safe and orderly reception and processing of asylum seekers."

As part of that review, the HHS Secretary and CDC Director, along with the DHS Secretary, are directed to "promptly review and determine whether termination, rescission, or modification" is necessary for the Title 42 Process, as well as the underlying Trump-era CDC order.

Next, the DHS Secretary is directed to "promptly review and determine whether to terminate or modify the program known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)," as well as "promptly consider a phased strategy for the safe and orderly entry" of those still waiting in Mexico.

Third, the DHS Secretary and the AG are directed to "promptly review and determine whether to rescind" the Asylum Transit Ban, which went into effect two weeks ago in the form of a final rule.

Fourth, the Attorney General and the DHS Secretary are directed to "promptly review and determine whether to rescind" the Asylum Cooperative Agreements regulation and the Secretary of State is directed to "promptly consider" whether to fully withdraw from the agreements.

🎊Fifth, we get the first concrete action as part of the asylum section, which is an order to the DHS Secretary to immediate "halt implementing" the PACR and HARP programs (which have been suspended since March 2020, but I'll take it anyway!).

🎊Sixth, we get a bunch of Trump-era polices ended by EO, including:

- Trump's 2017 Border Security EO
- Trump's Asylum Ban 1.0 Proclamations.
- Multiple "presidential memoranda" signed by Trump on border issues signed in 2018-2019.

Seventh, the DHS Secretary is ordered to "promptly take steps to rescind any agency memoranda or guidance issued in reliance on or in furtherance of any directive revoked" by the section included the previous tweet—which could have sweeping effects that we'll see play out.

Next, we move on to expedited removal! The EO calls for a full 120-day review of all expedited removal processing at the border.

But more importantly, the DHS Secretary is required to promptly consider whether to "modify, revoke, or rescind" expanded expedited removal!

Finally, the EO ends by ordering the AG and the DHS Secretary to, within 180 days "conduct a comprehensive examination of current rules, regulations, precedential decisions, and internal guidelines" on DV & gang-based asylum, and to issue a PSG regulation within 270 days!🎊

To recap, there is almost nothing concrete in the EO, with the exception of rescinding multiple proclamations and presidential memoranda signed by Trump.

Long story short? This sets the ball rolling for a lot of cabinet-level immigration actions coming in the next weeks/months.

Here is the full Border Security EO, which was just posted to the White House website. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…