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January 20, 2021executive orderimmigration enforcementexecutive powerpolicy reversalimmigrationexecutive powercivil rights

Biden revokes Trump interior enforcement order and directs a 100-day deportation pause

President Biden signed Executive Order 13993 on his first day in office, revoking Trump's EO 13768 and directing DHS to review all enforcement policies developed under it. Acting DHS Secretary David Pekoske issued a separate memo the same day placing a 100-day pause on most interior deportations, pending a full agency review. The order instructed ICE to return to limited, prioritized enforcement and directed DHS to rescind the Kelly implementing memoranda that had driven 287(g) expansion.