1 01/20/21 Issues memo requiring surging resources to the border to prioritize security.
2 01/20/21 Continues Title 42 expulsions to Mexico.
3 01/21/21 Continues Title 19 bar to nonessential travel/asylum at U.S.-Mexico ports.
4 02/09/21 Opens new temporary border detention facility in Donna, Texas.
5 02/17/21 Legally justifies continued use of Title 42 for adults and families in the Federal Register.
6 03/01/21 Expands family Title 42 expulsions, using “lateral flights”.
7 03/15/21 Defends ICE detention contracts with private prisons in California in court.
03/17/21 Biden: “They should all be going back.”
8 03/18/21 Convinces Mexico to nearly double the acceptance of Title 42 expulsions.
9 04/01/21 Deploys first-ever processing coordinators to free up border agents for field work.
10 04/02/21 Opens huge border tent detention facility in Eagle Pass, Texas.
11 04/03/21 Launches massive anti-migration messaging campaign in Central America.
12 04/21/21 Opens huge border tent detention facility in Yuma, Arizona.
13 04/27/21 Launches Operation Sentinel to target smugglers.
14 04/29/21 Opens huge new border tent detention facility in Tucson, Arizona.
15 05/07/21 Ratifies end to 30-day processing for asylum work documents.
16 05/08/21 Hires 17 Trump-selected deportation judges.
17 05/13/21 Expands ICE detention from Trump Jan. 20, 2021 levels.
18 05/24/21 Extends order blocking asylum seekers at land ports of entry.
19 05/26/21 Requests an increase in CBP funding to $13.4 billion for FY 2022.
20 05/27/21 Requests an increase in ICE funding to $7.9 billion for FY 2022.
21 05/28/21 Creates “rocket docket” to deport families.
06/07/21 Kamala Harris: "Do not come. Do not come."
22 06/07/21 Launches Joint Task Force Alpha to arrest smugglers abroad.
23 06/08/21 Blocks companies helping migrants travel from getting commercial insurance.
24 06/18/21 Reinstates lateral expulsion flights for families along southwest border.
25 07/06/21 Fully reopens deportation courts.
26 07/26/21 Reinstates expedited removal for families.
27 08/01/21 Signs contract for electronic surveillance of up to 400,000 released immigrants.
28 08/04/21 Ends NGO-referrals for exceptions to Title 42 at ports of entry.
29 08/05/21 Extends Title 42 for duration of the health emergency for adults and families.
30 08/06/21 Defends Title 42 in court.
31 08/08/21 Initiates expulsion flights of non-Mexicans to southern Mexico.
32 08/20/21 Adds many new AI-spy towers as a “virtual border wall”.
33 08/20/21 Gets Mexico to suspend visas for Ecuadorians.
34 09/17/21 Appeals ruling finding Title 42 expulsions illegal.
35 09/17/21 Temporarily closes Del Rio port to surge officers to interdict illegal crossers.
36 09/18/21 Launches mass expulsion campaign of Haitians.
37 09/27/21 Lets Texas unconstitutionally detain migrants without charges or attorneys.
38 10/14/21 Gets Mexico to ban visa-free travel for Brazilians.
39 10/19/21 Spends $14.1 million on tent courts for Remain in Mexico cases at the border.
40 11/29/21 Rescinds restrictive enforcement priorities to give ICE agents power to arrests.
41 12/02/21 Negotiates a new Remain in Mexico agreement.
42 12/02/21 Expands Remain in Mexico to include Haitians and other non-Spanish speakers.
43 01/06/22 Gets Mexico to ban visa-free travel for Venezuelans.
44 01/27/22 Gets Belize to ban visa-free travel for Venezuelans, Ecuadorians, Dominicans
45 01/31/22 Gets Colombia to accept deported Venezuelans.
46 01/31/22 Starts deporting Venezuelans to Venezuela through third countries.
47 02/27/22 Gets Costa Rica to ban visa-free travel for Venezuelans.
48 03/01/22 Opens permanent HSI investigate office in Haiti to disrupt smugglers.
49 03/14/22 Reopens expanded CBP RGV detention facility.
50 03/16/22 Gets Costa Rica to sign a migration agreement to increase enforcement.
51 03/30/22 Increases immigration criminal prosecutions by 33 percent.
52 04/01/22 Sends 700 ICE HSI agents to the border to disrupt smuggling networks.
53 03/26/22 Requests an increase in ICE’s budget to $8 billion for FY 2023.
54 03/27/22 Requests an increase in CBP’s budget to $14.5 billion for FY 2023.
55 04/01/22 Sets up a Migration Intelligence Cell with the Director of National Intelligence.
56 04/01/22 Launches “Counter Human Smuggler” campaign, arresting 5,000 smugglers.
57 04/06/22 Lets Texas shut down trade from Mexico to Texas.
58 04/13/22 Builds border wall through historic cemeteries.
59 04/15/22 Lets Texas-Mexico agreement to crack down on immigrants proceed.
60 04/25/22 Reimposes Title 42 for Ukrainians.
61 05/02/22 Signs $7.2 million contract to electronically surveil released immigrants.
62 06/13/22 Relaxes Trump-era capacity limits on ICE detention.
63 06/21/22 Goes to court to defend ICE detention contracts with private prisons.
64 07/01/22 Exceeds capacity and time limits on border detention in Arizona.
65 07/01/22 Fills 68 gaps in border wall with plans to finish 129.
66 07/13/22 Opens new tent detention facility in Eagle Pass, Texas.
67 08/01/22 Offers $10,000 signing bonuses to new Border Patrol agents.
68 09/01/22 Finishes patching 6,610 holes cut in the border wall in FY 2021 and 2022.
69 09/30/22 Completes hiring a record 104 deportation judges in the fiscal year.
70 09/30/22 Completes the most removals/returns/expulsions since 2001.
71 10/12/22 Gets Mexico to accept expulsions of Venezuelans for the first time.
72 11/11/22 Gets Cuba to accept deportations of Cubans for first time in 2 years.
73 11/17/22 Sends 1,400 DHS employees including Air Marshals to the border.
74 12/07/22 Appeals ruling finding Title 42 expulsions illegal.
75 12/15/22 Asks Mexico to let it restart Remain in Mexico.
76 12/22/22 Requests and secures 1st increase in Border Patrol agents in over a decade.
77 01/06/23 Gets Mexico to accept expulsions of Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans.
78 01/11/23 Opens a new tent border detention facility in El Paso, Texas.
79 01/30/23 Hires 1,000+ new processing coordinators freeing up Border Patrol agents.
80 01/31/23 Opens a new tent border detention facility in Otay Mesa, California.
81 03/07/23 Installs new non-intrusive inspection systems at ports of entry to detect drugs.
82 03/13/23 Launches Operation Blue Lotus to stop fentanyl trafficking.
83 03/13/23 Requests $15.4 billion for CBP funding for FY 2024.
84 03/13/23 Requests $8 billion for ICE funding for FY 2024.
85 03/16/23 Conducts first-ever extradition of a smuggling resulting in death case from Guatemala.
86 03/24/23 Signs safe-third country agreement expansion with Canada.
87 04/14/23 Temporarily closes port to commercial traffic to interdict illegal crossers.
88 04/20/23 Gets Panama and Colombia to crack down on Darien Gap crossings.
89 04/27/23 Gets Mexico to take Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, Venezuelan removals.
90 05/02/23 Sends 1,500 National Guard troops to border.
91 05/11/23 Imposes a presumption against asylum for those crossing illegally.
92 05/11/23 Creates FERM fast-track deportations for families.
93 05/11/23 Conducts first-ever permanent deportations of non-Mexicans to Mexico.
94 05/11/23 Increases use of expedited removal to double the prior record.
95 05/23/23 Increases CBP detention capacity from 11,200 to 21,000.
96 06/16/23 Defends presumption against asylum rule in court.
97 07/03/23 Signs emergency ICE air deportation flights contract.
98 07/13/23 Eliminates all Trump-era pandemic restrictions on ICE detention.
99 07/17/23 Replaces decaying border barrier in Friendship Park.
100 07/19/23 Fights in court to stop NJ law banning ICE detention contracts.
101 08/21/23 Extends contract for Elizabeth Contract ICE Detention Facility in New Jersey.
102 09/07/23 Appeals a finding that the presumption against asylum rule is illegal.
103 09/07/23 Contracts for nearly $70 million in border surveillance technology.
104 09/10/23 Reprograms ICE funds to increase detention above congressionally funded levels.
105 09/20/23 Extends Plymouth County, MA sheriff’s office ICE detention contract.
106 09/23/23 Gets Mexico to deport non-Mexican immigrants in northern Mexico.
107 09/30/23 Completes hiring a new record 133 deportation judges in the fiscal year.
108 09/30/23 Issues a record number of removal orders for a fiscal year.
109 09/30/23 Issues the first-ever digital A-files, speeding border arrests.
110 10/05/23 Gets Venezuela to accept deportations for the 1st time since 2019.
111 10/05/23 Waives 26 federal laws to build 20 miles of border wall.
112 10/20/23 Requests $14 billion in supplemental funding mainly for removals.
113 10/30/23 Gets Haiti to ban charter flights to Nicaragua.
114 11/21/23 Bans visas for flight operators to Nicaragua, shutting down most flights.
115 12/04/23 Temporarily closes AZ port to use officers to interdict illegal crossers.
116 12/09/23 Temporarily closes CA port to use officers to interdict illegal crossers.
117 12/17/23 Temporarily suspends railroad entries to prevent riding on trains.
118 12/20/23 Gets Mexico to increase enforcement against non-Mexicans.
119 12/22/23 Signs H.R. 2670 which gives Border Patrol an overtime pay increase.
120 01/19/24 Increases Border Patrol recruitment bonuses to $30,000.
01/26/24 I would use . . . a new emergency authority to shut down the border.
121 01/30/24 Reinstates Mexican deportation flights deep into Mexico.
122 02/04/24 Helps to write a bill to reimpose expulsions, restrict asylum at the border.
