Objective 4.1 | Project 2025 Tracker

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Category 4: Militarizing Immigration and Border Policy

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Objective 4.1 : End Birthright Citizenship

What It Means

Issue EO ending birthright citizenship

Our Analysis: Revoking birthright citizenship isn’t immigration policy — it’s constitutional sabotage. It’s designed to create permanent underclasses and lay legal groundwork for a rights rollback.

Source References

Pages: pp. 80–81
Chapters: DHS, Immigration Reform
Quotes: “The next conservative President should issue an executive order ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens.”

Methodology

This objective is directly lifted from Project 2025, which advocates challenging the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship clause by executive action. It’s framed as a legal test to force Supreme Court involvement.

Tracking Notes

We are monitoring for actions that align with this intent, based on how this objective was derived: This objective is directly lifted from Project 2025, which advocates challenging the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship clause by executive action. It's framed 's a legal test to force Supreme Court involvement.

April 1, 2025 at 8:17 am: Status change: On March 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to stop recognizing automatic citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants, signaling advancement of the Project 2025 objective to end birthright citizenship and provoke legal review.

Status: In Progress

Last Updated: April 7, 2025

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Objective 4.2 : Mass Deportations

What It Means

Use military/federal for removals

Our Analysis: This is state-sponsored fear. It normalizes authoritarian force, militarizes civil society, and lays the infrastructure for broader domestic crackdowns.

Source References

Pages: pp. 76–78
Chapters: DHS, DOJ, DOD
Quotes: “Deploy all available federal personnel, including the military, to assist ICE with enforcement and deportation.”

Methodology

This objective comes from detailed proposals to use military bases and national guard units in immigration enforcement, supported by cross-agency coordination between DOJ, DOD, and DHS. Project 2025 treats mass deportation as an operational priority.

Tracking Notes

We are monitoring for actions that align with this intent, based on how this objective was derived: This objective comes from detailed proposals to use military b'ses and national guard units in immigration enforcement, supported by cross-agency coordination between DOJ, DOD, and DHS. Project 2025 treats m'ss deportation 's an operational priority.

April 1, 2025 at 8:17 am: Status change: On March 18, 2025, DHS announced the launch of expanded expedited removal operations targeting undocumented immigrants, involving coordination between ICE, CBP, and DOJ. The operations are part of a broader strategy to accelerate deportations, reflecting Project 2025''s mass deportation objective.

Status: In Progress

Last Updated: April 7, 2025

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Objective 4.3 : End DACA

What It Means

Repeal protections for Dreamers

Our Analysis: Ending DACA is not about legality — it’s about cruelty. It signals that even lawful presence and contributions offer no protection when ideology trumps humanity.

Source References

Pages: pp. 79–80
Chapters: DHS, Executive Actions
Quotes: “All unlawful programs, including DACA, must be ended immediately.”

Methodology

Project 2025 specifically names DACA as an unlawful overreach and calls for its elimination on Day One. This objective tracks that demand through executive and legal action.

Tracking Notes

We are monitoring for actions that align with this intent, based on how this objective was derived: Project 2025 specifically names DACA 's an unlawful overreach and calls for its elimination on Day One. This objective tracks that demand through executive and legal action.

April 1, 2025 at 8:17 am: Status change: On March 21, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Kenneth Miller announced a formal review of DACA and related immigration programs, stating the administration's commitment to align with constitutional and statutory boundaries. This action signals movement toward ending DACA in alignment with Project 2025 objectives.

Status: In Progress

Last Updated: April 7, 2025

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Objective 4.4 : Expand Detention Facilities

What It Means

Increase contracts for detention centers

Our Analysis: This isn’t about capacity — it’s about capability. It builds the machinery of mass incarceration that can later be turned on any targeted group.

Source References

Pages: pp. 78–79
Chapters: DHS, ICE Operations
Quotes: “Congress should appropriate emergency funds for expanded detention and processing capacity.”

Methodology

This objective stems from Project 2025’s argument that the current immigration system is “inadequate for removal at scale.” It calls for physical expansion of detention capacity and the fast-tracking of contracts with private prison operators.

Tracking Notes

We are monitoring for actions that align with this intent, based on how this objective was derived: This objective stems from Project 2025's argument that the current immigration system is ainadequate for removal at scale.a It calls for physical expansion of detention capacity and the f'st-tracking of contracts with private prison operators.

April 1, 2025 at 8:17 am: Status change: On March 28, 2025, DHS Secretary Ronald Vitiello announced the expansion of ICE detention bed capacity via new contracts with private detention providers, directly supporting the Project 2025 objective of scaling removal operations through increased detention infrastructure.

Status: In Progress

Last Updated: April 7, 2025

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