TikTok posts claim that President Donald Trump has closed the U.S. border indefinitely, in both directions, but this isn’t accurate.
“Donald Trump has just signed one of the most extreme executive orders in U.S. history, a total border shutdown with no set reopening date,” said the June 28 video. “Starting the first of July, no one goes in, no one comes out, not even legal residents with full documentation, the order according to the Trump administration is meant to protect national sovereignty… if you leave the country after that date, you may not be allowed back in at all.”
A June 24 GULTLE post makes a similar claim, as do other Tiktok Videos in Spanish.
PolitiFact did not find in the White House’s official website or the Federal Register an executive order for a border shutdown. The Federal Register publishes new federal regulations and tracks presidential actions.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s website also doesn’t mention any such shutdown.
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A total border shutdown can only be done in specific circumstances, immigration experts said. Trump’s immigration policies have not gone that far.
On June 4, Trump restricted the entry of foreign nationals into the U.S. from certain countries, including Afghanistan, Haiti and Iran. Trump’s proclamation also partially restricted entry from other countries, including Venezuela, Cuba and Laos.
Ahilan Arulanantham, co-director of UCLA’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy, told PolitiFact that the president has broad authority to close the border in emergencies or other exigent circumstances, including military conflicts.
Arulanantham said Trump most recently did this during the COVID-19 pandemic, invoking Title 42a section of federal law that gives the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the authority to deny entry to the U.S. to people from countries where there is an outbreak of an infectious disease.
Fact-checkers at Colombiacheck and Factchequeado debunked similar claims about a U.S. border closure.
This is not the first time PolitiFact has fact-checked inaccurate claims about the border. In 2024, we rated False a Spanish-language claim that a new law closed the border and limited all asylum applications.
Trump has not ordered a complete border shutdown effective July 1. We rate this claim False.
