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policies between January 2017 and September 2021

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  1. January 2021

    1. January 19, 2021

      POTUS issues 18-month Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for certain Venezuelans

      Subject Matter: TPS Humanitarian
      Agency: DHS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    2. January 19, 2021

      DHS signs labor agreement with AFGE National ICE Council 118, ceding unprecedented policy power to union

      Subject Matter: Enforcement Detention Interior
      Agency: ICE
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
    3. January 15, 2021

      DOL expands applicability to secondary employers of filing requirements for LCAs

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
      Agency: DOL
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    4. January 15, 2021

      Reported: DHS signed agreements with states self-imposing six-month notice-and-comment period

      Subject Matter: Border Interior
      Agency: DHS
      Status: Reported
      Type of Action: Change in Practice
    5. January 14, 2021

      DOL issues rule restructuring prevailing wage system, increasing minimums

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
      Agency: DOL
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Rule
    6. January 14, 2021

      Acting Attorney General issues a second Matter of A-B- to provide "additional guidance" on asylum

      Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
      Agencies: AG EOIR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Adjudication
    7. January 14, 2021

      USCIS issues policy guidance on discretionary EAD under adjustment or deferred action applications

      Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas DACA Enforcement
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    8. January 13, 2021

      EOIR announces Policy Manual, subsuming BIA and Immigration Court Practice Manuals

      Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
      Agency: EOIR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    9. January 11, 2021

      DOL issues direct final rule on e-filing and e-service for ARB proceedings

      Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
      Agency: DOL
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Rule
    10. January 11, 2021

      DOL announces proposed rulemaking and direct final rule on e-filing and e-service for Office of Administrative Law Judges proceedings

      Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
      Agency: DOL
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Rule
    11. January 8, 2021

      DHS issues rule for wage-based H-1B cap selection process

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Rule
    12. January 5, 2021

      ORR proposes changes to application and agreement for sponsors of unaccompanied minors

      Subject Matter: Minors
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    13. January 4, 2021

      DHS and DOL issue direct final rule extending DOL discretionary review to H-2B temporary labor certification cases

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Labor
      Agencies: DHS DOL
      Status: Proposed Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Rule

  1. December 2020

    1. December 31, 2020

      COVID-19: CDC order requires negative COVID-19 test from all passengers entering U.S.

      Subject Matter: Border
      Agencies: CDC CBP
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    2. December 29, 2020

      COVID-19: USCIS provides update on Application Support Centers

      Subject Matter: Humanitarian Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    3. December 29, 2020

      ICE further limits asylum relief for children

      Subject Matter: Minors
      Agency: ICE
      Status: Reported
      Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
    4. December 23, 2020

      EOIR and USCIS issue communicable-disease security bars to asylum and withholding eligibility

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
      Agencies: USCIS CBP DHS EOIR
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Rule
    5. December 18, 2020

      EOIR Director issues policy memo on fees and fee waivers

      Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
      Agency: EOIR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    6. December 18, 2020

      DHS finalizes Asylum Cooperative Agreement (ACA) with Honduras

      Subject Matter: Enforcement Humanitarian
      Agency: DHS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    7. December 15, 2020

      COVID-19: USCIS updates stakeholders regarding significant delay in processing receipt notices at USCIS lockbox facilities

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Humanitarian Immigrant Visas
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    8. December 11, 2020

      EOIR Director instructs IJs and BIA on significant asylum reg

      Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
      Agency: EOIR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    9. December 1, 2020

      EOIR Director creates master calendar rules specifically for non-detained, represented cases

      Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
      Agency: EOIR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice

  1. November 2020

    1. November 19, 2020

      DHS proposes rule to restrict employment authorization for noncitizens with final orders of removal

      Subject Matter: Humanitarian
      Agencies: USCIS ICE
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Rule
    2. November 19, 2020

      ORR proposes new instruments for information collections

      Subject Matter: Minors
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    3. November 19, 2020

      CBP proposes expanding biometrics collection for noncitizen entries, departures

      Subject Matter: Border
      Agency: CBP
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Rule
    4. November 18, 2020

      EOIR requests comments on New FOIAXpress Public Access Link

      Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
      Agency: EOIR
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    5. November 17, 2020

      USCIS announces proposed revisions to Form I-914, Application for T Nonimmigrant Status for trafficking victims

      Subject Matter: U/T/VAWA
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    6. November 13, 2020

      USCIS revises naturalization test, making civics portion more difficult

      Subject Matter: Naturalization
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    7. November 9, 2020

      ORR proposes 3-year extension and changes to State Plan for Grants to States for Refugee Resettlement form

      Subject Matter: Minors Refugees
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    8. November 5, 2020

      DOL issues final rule on Adverse Effect Wage Rate for H-2A agricultural laborers

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
      Agency: DOL
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Rule
    9. November 2, 2020

      IJ union decertified

      Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
      Agency: EOIR
      Type of Action: Change in Practice

  1. October 2020

    1. October 21, 2020

      EOIR and USCIS issue final rule expanding criminal bars to asylum and limiting review of discretionary denials of asylum

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Hearings and Adjudications Interior Border
      Agencies: CBP ICE USCIS EOIR Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Rule
    2. October 21, 2020

      ICE implements expanded scope for expedited removal

      Subject Matter: Interior Border Hearings and Adjudications
      Agencies: DHS CBP ICE
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    3. October 8, 2020

      DHS issues interim final rule narrowing H-1B criteria

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
      Agencies: USCIS DOL
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined Renewed
      Type of Action: Rule
    4. October 2, 2020

      USCIS proposes changes to affidavit of support requirements

      Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection Rule
    5. October 1, 2020

      COVID-19: DOS provides information on national interest exceptions for certain travelers from Europe

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Student Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor
      Agency: Bureau of Consular Affairs
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. September 2020

    1. September 25, 2020

      DHS proposes rule to establish fixed time admission for F, J and I nonimmigrants

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Student Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: DHS CBP
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Rule
    2. September 25, 2020

      DHS proposes rule to establish fixed time admission for F, J and I nonimmigrants

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Student Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: DHS CBP
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Rule
    3. September 24, 2020

      AG Barr issues Matter of A-C-A-A-, requiring BIA to review asylum grants more critically

      Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
      Agencies: AG EOIR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Adjudication
    4. September 23, 2020

      DHS issues a temporary rule requiring the use of USCIS-contracted telephonic interpreters in asylum interviews

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Hearings and Adjudications
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Rule
    5. September 11, 2020

      DHS proposes rule to expand biometric data collection

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Enforcement Immigrant Visas
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Rule
    6. September 2, 2020

      USCIS revises guidance regarding forms and fees to align with USCIS fee rule

      Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas Humanitarian Naturalization
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Change in Practice Forms and Information Collection Rule

  1. August 2020

    1. August 3, 2020

      USCIS issues final rule increasing fees

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas Naturalization
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Rule

  1. July 2020

    1. July 24, 2020

      ORR proposes new information collection about release of unaccompanied minors from ORR custody

      Subject Matter: Minors Detention
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    2. July 24, 2020

      ORR submit emergency approval for an information collection about services provided to unaccompanied minors

      Subject Matter: Minors Detention
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    3. July 21, 2020

      POTUS issues memorandum excluding undocumented immigrants from apportionment base

      Subject Matter: Citizenship
      Agency: Other
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders

  1. June 2020

    1. June 29, 2020

      USCIS updates filing location for Forms I-918 and I-485 for applicants filing for U nonimmigrant status

      Subject Matter: U/T/VAWA Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    2. June 26, 2020

      DHS publishes final rule adopting one-year wait for asylum EADs

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Rule
    3. June 25, 2020

      USCIS proposes cost recovery surcharge

      Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Legislation
    4. June 22, 2020

      DHS amends regulation to remove 30-day processing provision for asylum employment authorization applications

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Labor
      Agencies: USCIS DHS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Rule
    5. June 22, 2020

      COVID-19: POTUS issues proclamation freezing certain nonimmigrant visas through the end of 2020

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: USCIS DOL DOS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Renewed
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    6. June 22, 2020

      COVID-19: POTUS issues proclamation freezing certain nonimmigrant visas through the end of 2020

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: USCIS DOL DOS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Renewed
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    7. June 17, 2020

      COVID-19: DOE excludes certain noncitizen students from pandemic aid

      Subject Matter: Humanitarian Citizenship
      Agency: Other
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Rule
    8. June 11, 2020

      POTUS issues EO 13928, suspending entry of noncitizens working for the ICC

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: DHS DOS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders

  1. May 2020

    1. May 24, 2020

      COVID-19: POTUS suspends entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants previously physically present in Brazil

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: DHS DOS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    2. May 15, 2020

      COVID-19: EOIR postpones hearings for non-detained cases

      Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
      Agency: EOIR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Change in Practice
    3. May 6, 2020

      USCIS allows military personnel and veterans to file naturalization applications online

      Subject Matter: Citizenship
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Change in Practice

  1. April 2020

    1. April 22, 2020

      COVID-19: POTUS issues proclamation suspending entry of designated immigrants for 60 days

      Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Border Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: CBP USCIS DOS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    2. April 7, 2020

      USCIS issues policy guidance on Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness law

      Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. March 2020

    1. March 30, 2020

      COVID-19: USCIS announces flexibility for applicants responding to Requests for Evidence, Notices of Intent to Deny, and other USCIS requests

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Change in Practice Forms and Information Collection
    2. March 20, 2020

      COVID-19: CDC order under Title 42 authorizes CBP expulsion of persons arriving by land from Mexico or Canada without valid documents

      Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT Minors
      Agencies: CBP DHS CDC
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Renewed
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    3. March 20, 2020

      COVID-19: DHS announces flexibility in requirements related to Form I-9 compliance

      Subject Matter: Employment Verification
      Agency: ICE
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Change in Practice Forms and Information Collection
    4. March 11, 2020

      DHS extends TPS for Somalia for eighteen months

      Subject Matter: TPS
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    5. March 11, 2020

      COVID-19: POTUS issues proclamation suspending entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants previously physically present in Schengen Area

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: DOS DHS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders

  1. February 2020

    1. February 29, 2020

      COVID-19: POTUS suspends entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants previously physically present in Iran

      Subject Matter: Enforcement Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
      Agency: DHS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    2. February 26, 2020

      USCIS clarifies effect of breaks in continuity of residence on eligibility for naturalization

      Subject Matter: Naturalization
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    3. February 10, 2020

      President Trump proposes further reduction in funding for E-verify

      Subject Matter: Employment Verification
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Legislation

  1. January 2020

    1. January 31, 2020

      POTUS issues Presidential Proclamation 9983, adding six new countries to Travel Ban

      Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: CBP USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    2. January 31, 2020

      COVID-19: POTUS issues proclamation suspending entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants previously physically present in China

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: DHS DOS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    3. January 23, 2020

      USCIS rejects certain application forms for incompleteness if any fields are left blank

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT U/T/VAWA
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Change in Practice

  1. December 2019

    1. December 13, 2019

      USCIS issues policy guidance on "unlawful acts" for good moral character evaluations

      Subject Matter: Citizenship
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. November 2019

    1. November 19, 2019

      EOIR memorializes policy regarding joint rule on the implementation of Asylum Cooperative Agreements

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border Hearings and Adjudications
      Agencies: USCIS EOIR ICE
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    2. November 19, 2019

      USCIS issues policy guidance on Special Immigrant Juvenile classification

      Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Special Immigrant Minors Humanitarian
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    3. November 4, 2019

      DHS announces continuation of documentation for beneficiaries of TPS designation for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan

      Subject Matter: TPS
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. October 2019

    1. October 15, 2019

      DHS issues final rule requiring REAL ID for official federal purposes beginning October 1, 2020

      Subject Matter: Enforcement
      Agency: DHS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Rule
    2. October 11, 2019

      State Department acts on 'Public Charge' changes, including issuing Interim Final Rule

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Rule
    3. October 4, 2019

      POTUS issues proclamation suspending entry of immigrants unable to obtain health care

      Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: CBP USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
      Status: In Litigation
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    4. October 1, 2019

      EOIR Director modifies BIA case processing, creates internal deadlines

      Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
      Agency: EOIR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. September 2019

    1. September 26, 2019

      POTUS issues EO 13888, limiting refugee resettlement to state and localities consenting to receive refugees

      Subject Matter: Refugees
      Agencies: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration USCIS ORR State & Local Entities
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    2. September 25, 2019

      United States and Honduras sign Asylum Cooperative Agreement

      Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
      Agencies: CBP USCIS DOJ
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    3. September 23, 2019

      DHS extends TPS designation for Syria

      Subject Matter: TPS
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual Renewed
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    4. September 20, 2019

      United States and El Salvador sign Asylum Cooperative Agreement

      Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
      Agencies: DOJ USCIS CBP
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Rescinded
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    5. September 3, 2019

      Pentagon approves diversion of military construction funds for border wall

      Subject Matter: Border
      Agencies: CBP DOD
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. August 2019

    1. August 19, 2019

      USCIS issues guidance on discretionary employment authorization for parolees

      Subject Matter: Humanitarian Employment Verification Enforcement
      Agencies: CBP ICE USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    2. August 14, 2019

      USCIS issues final rule on public charge inadmissibility grounds

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Rule
    3. August 14, 2019

      USCIS issues final rule on public charge inadmissibility grounds

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Rule
    4. August 14, 2019

      New Form I-944, Declaration of Self-Sufficiency, required for adjustment of status applications

      Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    5. August 14, 2019

      New Form I-944, Declaration of Self-Sufficiency, required for adjustment of status applications

      Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    6. August 14, 2019

      USCIS releases new forms, Form I-945 and I-356, to formalize the public charge bond process

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    7. August 14, 2019

      USCIS releases new forms, Form I-945 and I-356, to formalize the public charge bond process

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    8. August 14, 2019

      USCIS publishes revised forms consistent with the final rule on the public charge ground of inadmissibility

      Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas Humanitarian Naturalization
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    9. August 2, 2019

      ICE releases Fact Sheet on Directive 11005.2 allowing ICE power to immediately remove U Visa Petitioners

      Subject Matter: U/T/VAWA Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: ICE USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. July 2019

    1. July 29, 2019

      AG decides Matter of L-E-A-, narrowing family-based PSGs

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
      Agencies: EOIR ICE AG USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Adjudication
    2. July 26, 2019

      United States and Guatemala sign Asylum Cooperative Agreement

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
      Agencies: DOJ CBP USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    3. July 26, 2019

      DOL proposes rule that would change H-2A labor certification process

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
      Agency: DOL
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Rule
    4. July 15, 2019

      EOIR issues guidelines regarding DHS/DOJ third country interim final rule

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
      Agencies: ICE EOIR
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Rescinded
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    5. July 11, 2019

      POTUS issues EO 13880 on Collecting Information about Citizenship Status in Connection with 2020 Census

      Subject Matter: Citizenship
      Agencies: DHS DOS HHS SSA
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    6. July 1, 2019

      DOL limits its discretionary power in certifying U, T visas

      Subject Matter: U/T/VAWA
      Agency: DOL
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. June 2019

    1. June 30, 2019

      USCIS extends benefits for certain CNMI residents

      Subject Matter: Humanitarian Citizenship
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual Renewed
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. May 2019

    1. May 23, 2019

      POTUS issues memo ordering strict enforcement of sponsor-reimbursement laws

      Subject Matter: Humanitarian
      Agencies: DOJ DHS HHS DOS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    2. May 19, 2019

      HUD proposes rule to exclude undocumented immigrants from federal housing assistance

      Subject Matter: Humanitarian
      Agencies: Other USCIS
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Rule

  1. March 2019

    1. March 28, 2019

      POTUS extends period of Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians

      Subject Matter: Humanitarian
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    2. March 11, 2019

      White House FY2020 Budget Proposal includes $8.6 billion in border wall funding

      Subject Matter: Interior Border
      Agencies: CBP ICE USCIS Other
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Legislation
    3. March 1, 2019

      DHS extends TPS documentation for Haiti, Sudan, El Salvador and Nicaragua to January 2, 2020

      Subject Matter: TPS
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. February 2019

    1. February 15, 2019

      POTUS declares national emergency to "build the wall" along the southern U.S. border

      Subject Matter: Border
      Agencies: CBP DOD
      Status: In Litigation
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    2. February 12, 2019

      ICE issues guidance on Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)

      Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
      Agencies: ICE EOIR
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    3. February 12, 2019

      ICE issues guidance on Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)

      Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
      Agencies: ICE EOIR
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    4. February 11, 2019

      USCIS requires biometrics for all applicants submitting Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Change in Practice Forms and Information Collection

  1. January 2019

    1. January 28, 2019

      USCIS issues guidance for implementing Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
      Agencies: CBP USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    2. January 28, 2019

      USCIS issues guidance for implementing Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
      Agencies: CBP USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    3. January 28, 2019

      CBP issues guidance for implementing Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
      Agencies: CBP USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    4. January 28, 2019

      CBP issues guidance for implementing Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
      Agencies: CBP USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. December 2018

    1. December 20, 2018

      DHS announces Migrant Protection Protocols

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
      Agencies: CBP USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
    2. December 20, 2018

      DHS announces Migrant Protection Protocols

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
      Agencies: CBP USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice

  1. November 2018

    1. November 16, 2018

      EOIR Director orders courts to track 'family unit' cases, complete them within a year

      Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
      Agency: EOIR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    2. November 9, 2018

      DOJ and DHS issue interim final rule restricting access to asylum for individuals who enter outside recognized POEs

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
      Agencies: USCIS CBP ICE DHS EOIR
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Rule
    3. November 8, 2018

      EOIR Director issues guidance on new regs implementing the "proclamation-based asylum bar"

      Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
      Agency: EOIR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. October 2018

    1. October 16, 2018

      USCIS revises validity of Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record

      Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Change in Practice Forms and Information Collection
    2. October 1, 2018

      USCIS issues guidance for certain H-2B foreign workers in Guam and Northern Mariana Islands

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. September 2018

    1. September 24, 2018

      CBP announces facial recognition technology demonstration at Port San Luis

      Subject Matter: Enforcement
      Agency: CBP
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    2. September 16, 2018

      Report that ICE issues NTAs with incorrect hearing dates

      Subject Matter: Interior Hearings and Adjudications
      Agencies: ICE EOIR
      Status: Reported In Litigation
      Type of Action: Change in Practice

  1. August 2018

    1. August 30, 2018

      USCIS proposes revisions to Form N-565, Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document

      Subject Matter: Citizenship
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    2. August 28, 2018

      DOS adds social media questions to Forms DS-156 and DS-160, Applications for Nonimmigrant Visa

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agency: DOS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    3. August 15, 2018

      USCIS proposes revisions to Form N-600, Application for Certificate of Citizenship

      Subject Matter: Citizenship
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    4. August 14, 2018

      DHS extends TPS for Yemen

      Subject Matter: TPS
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. July 2018

    1. July 26, 2018

      DOS proposes revisions to Form DS-230 to determine Cuban Family Reunification Parole eligibility

      Subject Matter: Humanitarian Immigrant Visas: Family-Based
      Agency: DOS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    2. July 13, 2018

      USCIS directs adjudicators to deny more applications without issuing a Request for Evidence

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Non-Immigrant Visas: Family-Based Immigrant Visas: Family-Based Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    3. July 13, 2018

      USCIS directs adjudicators to deny more applications without issuing a Request for Evidence

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Non-Immigrant Visas: Family-Based Immigrant Visas: Family-Based Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    4. July 1, 2018

      DOS advises it is processing visas according to Travel Ban post-Supreme Court decision

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. June 2018

    1. June 28, 2018

      USCIS expands grounds for issuance of NTAs

      Subject Matter: Interior Hearings and Adjudications Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: ICE USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    2. June 28, 2018

      USCIS retains NTA policy for DACA requestors

      Subject Matter: Enforcement DACA
      Agencies: ICE USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    3. June 27, 2018

      DOS issues guidance for addressing citizenship claims for children of U.S. Citizen gestational mothers.

      Subject Matter: Citizenship
      Agencies: USCIS DOS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    4. June 21, 2018

      CBP announces end to family separations based on border prosecutions

      Subject Matter: Border
      Agencies: CBP ICE EOIR ORR DOD
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    5. June 21, 2018

      DOD prepares to house 20,000 unaccompanied minors at military bases

      Subject Matter: Detention Minors
      Agencies: ORR DOD
      Status: Reported
      Type of Action: Change in Practice
    6. June 20, 2018

      POTUS issues EO 13841, directing families to be detained together and seeking modification of Flores settlement.

      Subject Matter: Detention Border Minors
      Agencies: CBP ICE ORR DOD EOIR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    7. June 19, 2018

      ICE uses civil fines to target people in sanctuary

      Subject Matter: Sanctuary Restrictions
      Agency: ICE
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. May 2018

    1. May 31, 2018

      DHS authorizes temporary 15,000 increase in H-2B visas

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Rule
    2. May 17, 2018

      AG Sessions issues Matter of Castro-Tum, restricting administrative closure

      Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
      Agencies: EOIR AG USCIS ICE
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Adjudication

  1. April 2018

    1. April 26, 2018

      DHS terminates TPS for Nepal

      Subject Matter: TPS
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Agency Directive Program Termination
    2. April 10, 2018

      POTUS issues Presidential Proclamation, removing Chad from Travel Ban

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor Immigrant Visas
      Agency: Bureau of Consular Affairs
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    3. April 6, 2018

      POTUS issues memorandum ending "catch and release" at the border

      Subject Matter: Border
      Agencies: CBP ICE USCIS ORR AG
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    4. April 6, 2018

      DOJ announces "zero tolerance" policy on Southwest border

      Subject Matter: Border
      Agencies: CBP AG
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. March 2018

    1. March 30, 2018

      DOS adds social media questions to Form DS-260, Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application

      Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Immigrant Visas: Family-Based Immigrant Visas: Diversity Immigrant Visas: Special Immigrant
      Agency: DOS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    2. March 7, 2018

      AG Sessions issues Matter of A-B-, restricting asylum claims based on domestic or gang violence

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Hearings and Adjudications
      Agencies: EOIR AG ICE USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Adjudication
    3. March 6, 2018

      Reported: State Dept. grants few travel ban waivers

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agency: Bureau of Consular Affairs
      Status: Reported
      Type of Action: Change in Practice

  1. February 2018

    1. February 8, 2018

      ICE and CBP reportedly separating family members

      Subject Matter: Border
      Agencies: CBP AG
      Status: Reported
      Type of Action: Change in Practice

  1. January 2018

    1. January 31, 2018

      DHS extends TPS for Syria

      Subject Matter: TPS
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    2. January 18, 2018

      DHS formally terminates TPS for Haiti

      Subject Matter: TPS
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Program Termination
    3. January 10, 2018

      ICE establishes enforcement policy at courthouses

      Subject Matter: Interior
      Agencies: ICE CBP
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. December 2017

    1. December 14, 2017

      ICE ends presumption of release for pregnant detainees

      Subject Matter: Detention
      Agency: ICE
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    2. December 14, 2017

      DHS plans to propose rule to rescind work authorization for H-4 spouses of H-1B visa holders

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: In Regulatory Agenda
      Type of Action: Rule

  1. November 2017

    1. November 15, 2017

      DOJ warns 29 jurisdictions about losing Byrne JAG funds for non-compliance with § 1373

      Subject Matter: Sanctuary Restrictions
      Agencies: DOJ State & Local Entities
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    2. November 15, 2017

      DOJ warns 29 jurisdictions about losing Byrne JAG funds for non-compliance with § 1373

      Subject Matter: Sanctuary Restrictions
      Agencies: DOJ State & Local Entities
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. October 2017

    1. October 24, 2017

      POTUS issues EO 13815, announcing resumption of refugee admissions with new extreme vetting procedures

      Subject Matter: Refugees
      Agencies: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration USCIS DOJ
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    2. October 23, 2017

      USCIS ceases deference to past decisions for nonimmigrant petition extension requests

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. September 2017

    1. September 24, 2017

      POTUS issues Presidential Proclamation 9645, restricting visas as part of travel ban Executive Order 13780

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: CBP USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders

  1. August 2017

    1. August 16, 2017

      DHS terminates Central American Minors (CAM) Parole Program

      Subject Matter: Minors
      Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration DOS DHS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Program Termination
    2. August 16, 2017

      ORR announces Community Safety Initiative to review unaccompanied minor policies

      Subject Matter: Minors Interior
      Agencies: ORR ICE DOJ State & Local Entities
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    3. August 15, 2017

      ICE issues enforcement guidance to OPLA attorneys implementing EO 13768

      Subject Matter: Interior
      Agency: ICE
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. July 2017

    1. July 11, 2017

      DHS delays International Entrepreneur Rule

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Proposed In Litigation
      Type of Action: Rule

  1. June 2017

    1. June 28, 2017

      DOS implements Travel Ban after preliminary injunctions lifted

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: CBP USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. April 2017

    1. April 26, 2017

      DHS creates Victims of Immigration Crime Enforcement Office

      Subject Matter: Interior
      Agency: ICE
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    2. April 26, 2017

      DOS requests comment on revisions to Form DS-7699, Affidavit of Relationship for Minors from El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras

      Subject Matter: Minors
      Agency: DOS
      Status: Rescinded
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    3. April 18, 2017

      POTUS issues "Buy American and Hire American" EO 13788, calling for H-1B reform proposals

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
      Agencies: USCIS DOL Bureau of Consular Affairs
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    4. April 10, 2017

      USCIS recommends termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti

      Subject Matter: TPS
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Program Termination
    5. April 5, 2017

      USCIS issues guidance on changing from B-1 or B-2 status

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor Non-Immigrant Visas: Student
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. March 2017

    1. March 31, 2017

      USCIS restricts H-1B eligibility for computer programmers

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
      Agency: USCIS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    2. March 10, 2017

      DOS issues guidance for issuing visas under EO 13780 (Travel Ban 2)

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    3. March 6, 2017

      POTUS issues EO 13780, extending travel ban and instructing agencies to enhance screening of certain foreign nationals

      Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: CBP USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    4. March 6, 2017

      President issues memo implementing heightened vetting of visa applications and reporting requirements

      Subject Matter: Refugees Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: Bureau of Consular Affairs Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration ORR USCIS DHS DOJ
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders

  1. February 2017

    1. February 21, 2017

      CBP issues memo implementing EO 13767 and EO 13768

      Subject Matter: Interior Border
      Agency: CBP
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    2. February 20, 2017

      DHS implements EO 13767 on "Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements"

      Subject Matter: Humanitarian Interior Border Detention
      Agencies: USCIS CBP ICE
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    3. February 20, 2017

      DHS memo implementing EO 13768 on "Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior"

      Subject Matter: Interior Detention Sanctuary Restrictions Border
      Agencies: CBP ICE
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. January 2017

    1. January 27, 2017

      POTUS issues EO 13769, implementing travel ban and limiting refugee admissions

      Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas Refugees
      Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    2. January 25, 2017

      POTUS issues EO 13768, broadly expanding enforcement priorities and mandating enhancements to interior enforcement

      Subject Matter: Detention Interior Sanctuary Restrictions
      Agencies: AG DOS ICE
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    3. January 25, 2017

      POTUS issues EO 13768, broadly expanding enforcement priorities and mandating enhancements to interior enforcement

      Subject Matter: Detention Interior Sanctuary Restrictions
      Agencies: AG DOS ICE
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    4. January 25, 2017

      POTUS issues EO 13767, regarding border security and immigration enforcement

      Subject Matter: Detention Interior Border
      Agencies: CBP ICE
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
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