Latest Promises In Immigration

Donald Trump

Create a victims’ compensation fund of “migrant crime” from seized gang assets

President Donald Trump stalls on promise to create a fund for victims of ‘migrant crime’ | February 19, 2026

Donald Trump

Revoke the Temporary Legal Status of Haitians

Trump’s promise to revoke TPS for Haitians stalls in court | February 16, 2026

Donald Trump

Carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American history

Where does President Donald Trump’s mass deportation promise stand one year into his administration? | January 23, 2026

Donald Trump

End birthright citizenship

Supreme Court rolls back nationwide block on birthright citizenship order, legal fight continues | June 30, 2025

Donald Trump

Finish the border wall

Trump makes progress on border wall with projects to add over 80 miles of new barriers | June 25, 2025

Donald Trump

Restore and expand the travel ban

Trump announces an expanded travel ban in attempt to fulfill campaign promise | June 6, 2025

Donald Trump

Designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations

State Department designates six cartels and two gangs as foreign terrorist organizations | February 26, 2025

Donald Trump

Restore Remain in Mexico program

President Donald Trump begins process for reinstating Remain in Mexico program | January 21, 2025

Joe Biden

Provide assistance to Northern Triangle countries

Biden found compromise in promise to invest $4 billion in Central American to mitigate immigration | January 8, 2025

Joe Biden

Protect military personnel and veterans from deportation

Joe Biden compromises on promise to protect military personnel and veterans from deportation | December 30, 2024

Joe Biden

Create a pathway to citizenship for nearly 11 million people

Biden broke his promise to provide citizenship to millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally | December 18, 2024

Joe Biden

Double number of immigration judges and staff

Joe Biden hired more immigration judges, but didn’t double their ranks | December 6, 2024

Joe Biden

End federal government’s use of private prisons and detention centers

Joe Biden compromises on promise to end the federal use of private prisons and detention centers | December 2, 2024

Joe Biden

End for-profit detention centers

Joe Biden breaks promise to end use of private prison companies for immigration detention | November 26, 2024

Joe Biden

Increase refugee admissions

Joe Biden keeps promise to raise refugee admissions to 125,000 | July 6, 2023

Joe Biden

Reverse family separation policies

Biden fulfills promise to end Trump policy that led to family separations | January 27, 2021

Joe Biden

Immediately rescind the “Muslim bans”

Joe Biden signs proclamation revoking Trump’s travel ban | January 21, 2021

Donald Trump

Cancel all funding of sanctuary cities

Legal battles impede Donald Trump’s attempt to cut federal funding for so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ | July 15, 2020

Donald Trump

Cancel visas to foreign countries that won’t take undocumented immigrants back

Donald Trump imposed visa sanctions on some recalcitrant nations, but not all | July 15, 2020

Donald Trump

Remove all undocumented immigrants

Donald Trump does not keep promise to deport all immigrants illegally in the US | July 15, 2020

Donald Trump

Triple ICE enforcement

Donald Trump breaks promise to triple number of ICE deportation officers | July 15, 2020

Donald Trump

Build a wall, and make Mexico pay for it

Donald Trump promised to build a border wall and make Mexico pay for it. That didn’t happen | July 15, 2020

Donald Trump

End birthright citizenship

Donald Trump falls short on promise to end birthright citizenship | July 15, 2020

Donald Trump

Have mandatory minimum sentences for criminals caught trying to re-enter the United States illegally

Trump does not fulfill pledge for mandatory minimum sentences for criminals re-entering US illegally | July 15, 2020