Immigration Policy Tracking Project

Glossary

• Policies by Current Status
  Reflects degree to which the Trump-era policy remains in effect today.
• Fully in Effect
  Trump-era policies that have not been altered or eliminated.
• Partially in effect
  Policies that have not been fully eliminated but are not in effect in their original substance. They may have been amended, updated with changes, or eliminated or enjoined in some jurisdictions or with respect to some affected parties but not others.
• Not in effect
  Policies that have expired or been fully rescinded, replaced, enjoined, etc., or that were proposed but never were finalized.
• Action on Policies by
  Indicates the entity that caused the action reflected in Type of Action. "Others" may include the Trump administration, Congress, unions, etc.--i.e., any actor other than the courts or the Biden Administration.
• Type of Action Affecting Trump-era Policies
  Indicates the process or action by which a policy ceased to be in effect or became partially in effect. If no such action or process has take place, or if the policy has been ratified, it is fully in effect.