Executive Order 14385: Protecting the National Security and Welfare of the United States and Its Citizens From Criminal Actors and Other Public Safety Threats

What does Executive Order 14385 do?

The Attorney General was to provide DHS access to available criminal history records for screening and vetting. Reciprocal exchanges with foreign countries require agreements and privacy safeguards.

Later record checked September 26, 2026: A specific later record-sharing procedure or reported outcome under this order was not established in this pass.

Reading the operative provisions of Executive Order 14385

EO 14385 directs the Justice Department to share specified criminal-history information with Homeland Security for immigration screening and public-safety work, subject to legal limits. The Federal Register text requires coordination among agencies; it does not authorize unlimited disclosure of every criminal record or make an arrest equivalent to a conviction.

Criminal-history records can include arrests, charges, convictions and corrections to earlier entries. Those categories have different meanings. Agencies must use accurate records, follow rules governing access and disclosure, and provide procedures to correct mistakes where applicable. The order’s information-sharing instruction does not itself determine a person’s immigration status, removability or eligibility for relief.

Information may be shared for a defined official purpose while remaining protected from public release or unrelated use. The Privacy Act, criminal-justice information rules and program-specific statutes continue to apply. A record match can trigger review, but any enforcement action requires its own legal basis and case-specific process. To assess implementation, examine DOJ and DHS protocols, data safeguards, audit logs and error-correction procedures alongside enforcement records.