Executive Order 14010-Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework To Address the Causes of Migration, To Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and To Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the United States Border

On February 2, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14010, directing the creation of a comprehensive regional framework to address the causes of migration, to manage migration throughout North and Central America, and to provide safe and orderly processing of asylum seekers at the U.S. border. The order directed the Secretary of State, in coordination with other relevant agencies, to develop a strategy to address the root causes of migration from Central America's Northern Triangle — Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador — including poverty, violence, corruption, and lack of economic opportunity.

The order also directed a review of the asylum processing system and called for measures to create a more orderly, humane, and efficient process for receiving and adjudicating asylum claims. It reversed several Trump-era policies that had curtailed the right to seek asylum and directed agencies to restore and strengthen the legal pathways through which migrants could seek protection. The order committed to working with Mexico and Central American governments to develop regional solutions to migration challenges.

This executive order reflected the administration's view that effective immigration policy required a comprehensive approach addressing both push factors in source countries and pull factors in the United States, as well as a humane and lawful border management system. It launched the diplomatic and assistance work led by Vice President Harris on Central American engagement and signaled a fundamental reorientation of U.S. immigration and migration policy.

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