The Trump II Department of Homeland Security is ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Honduras and Nicaragua, citing improved conditions in those countries. TPS is a federal program that protects immigrants from deportation, and allows them to get work permits, if they are from nations affected by natural disasters or war. People from Nicaragua and Honduras first received TPS protection following a hurricane in 1999. The department previously announced it would end TPS protection for people from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Nepal, Haiti, and Venezuela.

The order directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, in collaboration with the Office of Management and Budget and the President's National Security and Homeland Security Advisors, to develop a plan for the construction of up to four Arctic Security Cutters. This plan, which is to be completed within 60 days, is aimed at addressing national security risks posed by insufficient Arctic-capable vessels. The order also allows for the temporary construction of these vessels abroad while promoting domestic development of future icebreakers. This authorization will end 4 years from the date of the memorandum unless extended or terminated earlier.

The order directs federal agencies to provide pay and benefits to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees during the Department of Homeland Security shutdown by instructing the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to use funds that have a reasonable and logical nexus to TSA operations to provide compensation and benefits that would have accrued absent the shutdown, consistent with applicable law. It also instructs agencies, once regular TSA funding is restored, to adjust DHS funding accounts as authorized by law to maintain planned operations, and clarifies implementation must follow applicable law and available appropriations.

The order directs federal agencies to have the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, use funds that have a reasonable and logical nexus to DHS functions to provide DHS employees the compensation and benefits they would have received absent the DHS shutdown, consistent with applicable law. It instructs agencies to, once regular funding is restored, adjust DHS funding accounts as authorized to preserve planned operations and clarifies the memorandum is to be implemented consistent with law and subject to available appropriations.