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January 20, 2025 EO 14163: Reintroducing Enhanced Vetting

Section 2 of this EO directs federal agencies to enhance vetting and screening protocols for visa issuance and immigration benefit applications and return standards and procedures to those effective during the prior Trump administration. Section 2 also directs the Secretaries of DoS and DHS, the Attorney General, and the Director of National Intelligence to submit a joint report within 60 days that identifies:

January 20, 2025 EO 14164: America First Policy Directive to the Secretary of State

The purpose of this EO is to realign the foreign policy of the United States to “champion core American interests and always put America and American citizens first.” This EO resonates with the “Buy American, Hire American” (BAHA, Executive Order 13788 of April 18, 2017) policies of the prior Trump administration. BAHA policies had resulted in increased scrutiny of employment-based visas.