Today's immigration executive orders are not self-executing.

This may come as a surprise, since "executive" & "order" sound pretty decisive.

But most EOs are, literally, memos from @POTUS to the Cabinet, who make the actual changes.

So here's what to watch for next...

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(I'm going to focus on the executive order on "Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems.)

The Domestic Policy Council will (re)launch whole-of-government efforts to advance the inclusion & integration of immigrants into our communities.

Sounds uncontroversial, no?

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George W. Bush had a Task Force on New Americans.
Obama had a Task Force on New Americans.
Biden will have a Task Force on New Americans.

Trump, not so much.

3/ https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/issues/immigration/new-americans

Speaking of New Americans, now @StateDept, @TheJusticeDept, & @DHSgov are tasked with knocking down barriers to US citizenship—an "invisible wall" created by Trump.

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It isn't happening today, but you can bet that Trump's absurd 11th-hour changes to the civics test for new Americans will be scrapped as part of this review process.

5/ https://twitter.com/doug_rand/status/1327359528309051392

DHS is on the hook to "substantially reduce current naturalization processing times," which under Trump became a tool for disenfranchising soon-to-be US voters.

6/ https://twitter.com/doug_rand/status/1301625184194093059