Proclamation 2025-01948 explained · Proclamation
Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States
Signed: 2025-01-20 Published: 2025-01-29 Federal Register document: 2025-01948
Agencies: Executive Office of the President
What Proclamation 2025-01948 says
Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 18 (Wednesday, January 29, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 29, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 8327-8329] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-01948] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 18 / Wednesday, January 29, 2025 / Presidential Documents ___________________________________________________________________ Title 3-- The President [[Page 8327]] Proclamation 10886 of January 20, 2025 Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby proclaim: America's sovereignty is under attack. Our southern border is overrun by cartels, criminal gangs, known terrorists, human traffickers, smugglers, unvetted military-age males from foreign adversaries, and illicit narcotics that harm Americans, including America. This invasion has caused widespread chaos and suffering in our country over the last 4 years. It has led to the horrific and inexcusable murders of many innocent American citizens, including women and children, at the hands of illegal aliens. Foreign criminal gangs and cartels have begun seizing control of parts of cities...
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