Immigration Policy Tracking Project

Skip to main content

January 2021
1. January 19, 2021
  POTUS issues 18-month Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for certain Venezuelans
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: TPS Humanitarian
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
2. January 19, 2021
  DOS designates Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
3. January 19, 2021
  DHS signs labor agreement with AFGE National ICE Council 118, ceding unprecedented policy power to union
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Enforcement Detention Interior
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
4. January 15, 2021
  USCIS requests comments on proposed revisions to Form N-400
  
  Subject Matter: Naturalization
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
5. January 15, 2021
  DOL expands applicability to secondary employers of filing requirements for LCAs
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
6. January 15, 2021
  Reported: DHS signed agreements with states self-imposing six-month notice-and-comment period
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Border Interior
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
7. January 14, 2021
  DOL issues rule restructuring prevailing wage system, increasing minimums
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Rule
8. January 14, 2021
  Acting Attorney General issues a second Matter of A-B- to provide "additional guidance" on asylum
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: AG EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Adjudication
9. January 14, 2021
  DOS designates various organizations, individuals as terrorists
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement Non-Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual Renewed
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
10. January 14, 2021
  USCIS issues policy guidance on discretionary EAD under adjustment or deferred action applications
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas DACA Enforcement
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
11. January 14, 2021
  DHS updates penalties for employment violations in connection with D-1, H-1B, H-2A, and H-2B program
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Workplace Enforcement
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
12. January 13, 2021
  DHS removes Mongolia, Samoa, and Tonga from countries eligible for H-2A and H-2B visas
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
13. January 13, 2021
  Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) creates Optional Practical Training Employment Compliance Unit
  
  Subject Matter: Workplace Enforcement Non-Immigrant Visas: Student
  
  Agencies: ICE DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
14. January 13, 2021
  EOIR announces Policy Manual, subsuming BIA and Immigration Court Practice Manuals
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
15. January 12, 2021
  USCIS replaces sticker that extends validity of permanent resident cards
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
16. January 12, 2021
  EOIR Director issues policy memo on rulemakings and federal court orders
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
17. January 12, 2021
  DHS issues delegation vesting authority in Secretary Wolf to act on final rules, regulations, and other matters
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Enforcement Humanitarian
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
18. January 11, 2021
  DOL issues direct final rule on e-filing and e-service for ARB proceedings
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
19. January 11, 2021
  DOL announces proposed rulemaking and direct final rule on e-filing and e-service for Office of Administrative Law Judges proceedings
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Rule
20. January 11, 2021
  DHS issues order designating the Order of Succession for DHS Secretary
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Enforcement Humanitarian
  
  Agencies: DHS USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
21. January 8, 2021
  DHS issues rule for wage-based H-1B cap selection process
  - hsa/fvra
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
22. January 8, 2021
  EOIR Director gives additional guidance on continuances
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
23. January 7, 2021
  ORR proposes new information collection on mental health services for unaccompanied minors
  
  Subject Matter: Minors
  
  Agency: ORR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
24. January 6, 2021
  DOS reimposes sanctions on Chinese, Indian, and Iranian individuals for Iranian petroleum business
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual Renewed
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
25. January 5, 2021
  ORR proposes changes to application and agreement for sponsors of unaccompanied minors
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Minors
  
  Agency: ORR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
26. January 5, 2021
  Presidential Memorandum calls for listing Antifa as a terrorist organization and inadmissibility of Antifa associates
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
27. January 4, 2021
  DHS and DOL issue direct final rule extending DOL discretionary review to H-2B temporary labor certification cases
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Labor
  
  Agencies: DHS DOL
  
  Status: Proposed Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
28. January 4, 2021
  DHS waives laws, regulations to enable construction of barriers and roads in Imperial County
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
29. January 4, 2021
  USCIS provides guidance on Form I-9 for employees with extended work authorization under DACA
  
  Subject Matter: DACA Employment Verification
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
30. January 4, 2021
  SEVP issues reminders on enforcement of post-completion OPT and employer information requirement
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Student
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive

December 2020
1. December 31, 2020
  COVID-19: CDC order requires negative COVID-19 test from all passengers entering U.S.
  - Biden administration action
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agencies: CDC CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
2. December 31, 2020
  EOIR Director rescinds two more OPPMs
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual Rescinded
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
3. December 29, 2020
  ACF reorganizes ORR, creates new division
  
  Subject Matter: Refugees Minors
  
  Agency: ORR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
4. December 29, 2020
  COVID-19: USCIS provides update on Application Support Centers
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
5. December 29, 2020
  ICE further limits asylum relief for children
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Minors
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
6. December 28, 2020
  USCIS proposes changes to Form I-131 following termination of Haitian Family Reunification and Filipino World War II Veterans Parole programs
  
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
7. December 28, 2020
  EOIR releases factsheet on "Myths vs. Facts About Immigration Proceedings"
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports
8. December 23, 2020
  EOIR and USCIS issue communicable-disease security bars to asylum and withholding eligibility
  - hsa/fvra
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: USCIS CBP DHS EOIR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Rule
9. December 22, 2020
  U.S. and El Salvador sign cooperation agreement in the examination of protection claims
  
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian Border
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
10. December 22, 2020
  EOIR Director rescinds five more OPPMs
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications U/T/VAWA
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
11. December 18, 2020
  EOIR dramatically increases fees for appeals, applications, and motions
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
12. December 18, 2020
  EOIR Director issues policy memo on fees and fee waivers
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
13. December 18, 2020
  Department of State rescinds designation of Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
14. December 18, 2020
  DHS finalizes Asylum Cooperative Agreement (ACA) with Honduras
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Enforcement Humanitarian
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
15. December 18, 2020
  ORR requests to continue information collection about placement and transfer of UACs into ORR facilities
  
  Subject Matter: Minors Detention
  
  Agency: ORR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
16. December 17, 2020
  DHS and DOJ issue joint third country asylum final rule
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
  
  Agencies: ICE EOIR USCIS CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Rule
17. December 16, 2020
  New EOIR regs restrict admin closure, curtail BIA decisional authorities, and truncate briefing
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Proposed In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Rule
18. December 16, 2020
  EOIR imposes tougher procedures for asylum and withholding of removal
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
19. December 16, 2020
  US and the UK sign the Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
20. December 15, 2020
  USCIS expands interview requirements for refugee/asylee adjustment of status
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Refugees Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
21. December 15, 2020
  DOS reimposes sanctions on Chinese companies, individuals for Iranian oil dealings
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual Renewed
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
22. December 15, 2020
  DOL announces AEWR annual update for H-2A herding and livestock range workers
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: DOL USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
23. December 15, 2020
  COVID-19: USCIS updates stakeholders regarding significant delay in processing receipt notices at USCIS lockbox facilities
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Humanitarian Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
24. December 14, 2020
  DHS proposes new system of records "DHS/ALL-046 Counterintelligence Program"
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE USCIS FEMA TSA DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports
25. December 11, 2020
  EOIR and DHS issue final rule significantly restricting asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protections
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Rule
26. December 11, 2020
  ORR proposes 3-year extension, revisions to Report Forms ORR-3 and ORR-4
  
  Subject Matter: Minors Refugees
  
  Agency: ORR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
27. December 11, 2020
  EOIR Director instructs IJs and BIA on significant asylum reg
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
28. December 11, 2020
  DHS proposes modifications to system of records "ALL-047 Records Related to DHS Personnel, Long-Term Trainees, Contractors, and Visitors During a Declared Public Health Emergency"
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports
29. December 10, 2020
  EOIR Director rescinds and replaces OPPMs on pro bono representation
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
30. December 8, 2020
  USCIS updates Policy Manual chart regarding citizenship for children born out of wedlock pre-1934
  
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
31. December 8, 2020
  USCIS migrates 245(i) policy from Adjudicators Field Manual to Policy Manual
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
32. December 8, 2020
  State Department proposes revisions to Refugee Biographic Data Sheet
  
  Subject Matter: Refugees
  
  Agencies: DOS Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
33. December 7, 2020
  DHS issues supplemental guidance for "additional improvement" of MPP
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE USCIS ORR EOIR DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
34. December 7, 2020
  DHS provides information on I-9 completion for TPS beneficiaries of El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan
  
  Subject Matter: TPS Employment Verification
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
35. December 4, 2020
  EOIR proposes to mandate electronic filing, change procedures on law student representation
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection Rule
36. December 4, 2020
  EOIR Director modifies asylum processing and asylum clock, rescinds two OPPMs
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
37. December 3, 2020
  CBP announces pilot program to collect DNA samples will become fully operational
  
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice Forms and Information Collection
38. December 2, 2020
  DOS tightens visa restrictions for Chinese Communist Party members
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor
  
  Agency: Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
39. December 2, 2020
  USCIS issues policy guidance on Schedule A pre-certification
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
40. December 2, 2020
  USCIS provides information on Invalid Document Numbers in E-Verify
  
  Subject Matter: Employment Verification
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
41. December 1, 2020
  EOIR Director creates master calendar rules specifically for non-detained, represented cases
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
42. December 1, 2020
  ICE subpoenas BuzzFeed, demands journalists reveal sources
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice

November 2020
1. November 30, 2020
  USCIS provides new edition of Form I-865, Sponsor's Notice of Change of Address
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
2. November 30, 2020
  USCIS provides new edition of Form N-644, Application for Posthumous Citizenship
  
  Subject Matter: Naturalization
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
3. November 30, 2020
  USCIS provides new edition of Form I-905, Application for Authorization to Issue Certification for Health Care Workers
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
4. November 27, 2020
  EOIR proposes sweeping changes to rules on motions to reopen/reconsider
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: EOIR ICE
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Rule
5. November 27, 2020
  EOIR proposes regs to further narrow continuances in immigration court
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Rule
6. November 25, 2020
  ORR proposes new data collection form for serious medical procedure requests
  
  Subject Matter: Minors
  
  Agency: ORR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
7. November 25, 2020
  DHS temporarily closes detention facility at Texas border
  
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agencies: DHS CBP
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
8. November 24, 2020
  DOS imposes bond pilot program for business, tourists visas from certain countries
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor
  
  Agencies: Bureau of Consular Affairs ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
9. November 24, 2020
  DHS provides Q&As on USCIS’s processing of concurrently pending Forms N-400 and I-751
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Naturalization
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Forms and Information Collection
10. November 23, 2020
  USCIS updates policy on disability accommodations for naturalization applicants
  
  Subject Matter: Naturalization
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
11. November 20, 2020
  State Department proposes new rule impacting intercountry adoption
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Family-Based Citizenship
  
  Agency: Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Rule
12. November 20, 2020
  ICE announces modification of “External Investigations System of Records”
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
13. November 20, 2020
  EOIR rescinds ten OPPMs deemed outdated
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
14. November 19, 2020
  DHS proposes rule to restrict employment authorization for noncitizens with final orders of removal
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian
  
  Agencies: USCIS ICE
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Rule
15. November 19, 2020
  ORR proposes new instruments for information collections
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Minors
  
  Agency: ORR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
16. November 19, 2020
  DHS withdraws April 2008 notice of proposed rulemaking on biometrics collection
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Rescinded
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
17. November 19, 2020
  CBP proposes expanding biometrics collection for noncitizen entries, departures
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Rule
18. November 18, 2020
  USCIS updates Policy Manual to clarify lawful admission requirements for naturalization
  
  Subject Matter: Naturalization
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
19. November 18, 2020
  EOIR requests comments on New FOIAXpress Public Access Link
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
20. November 18, 2020
  USCIS to require I-730 petitioners to appear for interview
  
  Subject Matter: Refugees Asylum, Withholding and CAT Immigrant Visas: Family-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
21. November 17, 2020
  DHS issues statement regarding HSA/FVRA challenges to Acting Secretary's authority
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Enforcement Humanitarian
  
  Agencies: DHS USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
22. November 17, 2020
  USCIS updates Policy Manual guidance on job portability for some employment-based adjustment of status applicants
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
23. November 17, 2020
  USCIS updates Policy Manual guidance on discretionary factors considered for adjustment of status
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
24. November 17, 2020
  USCIS announces proposed revisions to Form I-914, Application for T Nonimmigrant Status for trafficking victims
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: U/T/VAWA
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
25. November 16, 2020
  USCIS Provides Information on E-Verify TNC Requirements
  
  Subject Matter: Employment Verification
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
26. November 13, 2020
  USCIS revises naturalization test, making civics portion more difficult
  - Biden administration revocation
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Naturalization
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
27. November 13, 2020
  USCIS requests comments on proposed revisions to Form I-821D, Consideration of DACA
  
  Subject Matter: DACA
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
28. November 13, 2020
  DHS provides information on how to request case assistance from the CIS Ombudsman
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
29. November 12, 2020
  USCIS announces new form G-1558, Report of Request/Receipt of Benefits by Non-Citizens
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Humanitarian Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: USCIS State & Local Entities Other
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
30. November 10, 2020
  DOL announces new system for electronic filings of appeals
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice Forms and Information Collection
31. November 10, 2020
  DHS OIG issues report on major management and performance challenges facing DHS
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement Minors
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports
32. November 9, 2020
  DHS requests suggestions from stakeholders
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
33. November 9, 2020
  ORR proposes 3-year extension and changes to State Plan for Grants to States for Refugee Resettlement form
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Minors Refugees
  
  Agency: ORR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
34. November 6, 2020
  EOIR updates policy guidance on immigration court hearings conducted by telephone and VTC
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
35. November 6, 2020
  EOIR rescinds OPPMs based on ABT settlement agreement
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
36. November 6, 2020
  ICE puts up billboards in North Carolina featuring "at-large public safety threats"
  
  Subject Matter: Interior Sanctuary Restrictions
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
37. November 5, 2020
  AG Barr issues Matter of Negusie, ruling there is no duress exception to "persecutor bar" for asylum and withholding of removal
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: AG EOIR ICE USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Adjudication
38. November 5, 2020
  EOIR issues guidance for implementing Mendez Rojas settlement on recent border crossers and one-year asylum deadline
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: EOIR USCIS DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
39. November 5, 2020
  DOS revokes designation of ETIM as a foreign terrorist organization
  
  Subject Matter: Interior Border
  
  Agencies: DOS DOJ DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
40. November 5, 2020
  DOS proposes revisions to Form DS-234, Special Immigrant Visa Biodata
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Special Immigrant
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
41. November 5, 2020
  DOL issues final rule on Adverse Effect Wage Rate for H-2A agricultural laborers
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Rule
42. November 4, 2020
  ORR proposes revised to ORR-5 form, Refugee Data Submission System for Formula Funds Allocations
  
  Subject Matter: Refugees
  
  Agency: ORR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
43. November 3, 2020
  EOIR rule expands Director's authority over BIA and expands authority of EOIR Office of Policy
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
44. November 2, 2020
  IJ union decertified
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
45. November 2, 2020
  USCIS releases instructions on filing Form I-589 asylum applications with the Asylum Vetting Center
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice Forms and Information Collection
46. November 2, 2020
  DHS Office of Inspector General issues Management Alert about Federal Protective Service (FPS) improperly deploying DHS employees to protect federal properties
  
  Subject Matter: Interior
  
  Agencies: DHS CBP ICE TSA
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports

October 2020
1. October 30, 2020
  CBP expelling migrant children from other countries into Mexico
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Border Minors Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
2. October 30, 2020
  OIG releases report confirming CBP took steps to limit processing at ports of entry
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports
3. October 30, 2020
  POTUS declares November 1, 2020 "National Day of Remembrance for Americans Killed by Illegal Aliens"
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agency: Other
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
4. October 27, 2020
  POTUS reduces refugee admissions to 15,000 refugees for fiscal year 2021
  
  Subject Matter: Refugees
  
  Agencies: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration ORR USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
5. October 26, 2020
  DOS proposes revisions to Form DS-2019, Certificate of Eligibility for J-1 Status
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor
  
  Agency: Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports
6. October 23, 2020
  DOS proposes revisions to Form DS-7794, Electronic Medical Examination
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
7. October 22, 2020
  USCIS proposes revisions to the H-1B electronic registration tool
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
8. October 21, 2020
  EOIR and USCIS issue final rule expanding criminal bars to asylum and limiting review of discretionary denials of asylum
  - hsa/fvra
  - Biden administration action
  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
9. October 21, 2020
  DOS proposes rule ending "B-1 in lieu of H" policy
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor
  
  Agency: Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Rule
10. October 21, 2020
  ICE implements expanded scope for expedited removal
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Interior Border Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: DHS CBP ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
11. October 21, 2020
  DOS proposes revisions to Form DS-5535, Supplemental Questions for Visa Applicants
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
12. October 20, 2020
  DHS launches Center for Countering Human Trafficking
  
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian U/T/VAWA
  
  Agencies: ICE DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
13. October 17, 2020
  POTUS issues EO 13894, excluding individuals related to conflict in Syria, Turkish officials
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: Bureau of Consular Affairs CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
14. October 16, 2020
  DHS 'ratifies' prior actions by former Acting Secretary and USCIS Deputy Director
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Enforcement Humanitarian Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas Naturalization
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
15. October 15, 2020
  USCIS updates Policy Manual guidance on nonimmigrant cultural visitor (Q) visas
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
16. October 13, 2020
  Unauthorized CBP operation in Guatemala relocates Honduran migrants to the Guatemala-Honduras border
  
  Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: DOS DHS CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
17. October 9, 2020
  DOS announces immediate moratorium on au pair exchange visitor program growth
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
18. October 9, 2020
  Reported: DOJ cancels diversity training, including for immigration judges
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: DOJ EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
19. 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
20. October 7, 2020
  DOS proposes revisions to J-1 visa waiver recommendation application
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
21. October 7, 2020
  EOIR creates Chief ALJ position at OCAHO
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
22. October 7, 2020
  DOJ issues interim final rule on the issuance of guidance documents and their use in litigation
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: AG
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
23. October 6, 2020
  USCIS issues guidance on TPS and eligibility for adjustment of status
  
  Subject Matter: TPS Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: USCIS AG
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
24. October 3, 2020
  COVID-19, Reported: VP Pence directed CDC to issue expulsion order
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: DHS CDC HHS CBP
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
25. October 2, 2020
  USCIS proposes changes to affidavit of support requirements
  - Biden administration revocation
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection Rule
26. October 2, 2020
  USCIS issues policy guidance on inadmissibility based on membership in a totalitarian party
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
27. October 2, 2020
  ICE puts up billboards in Pennsylvania featuring "at-large immigration violators"
  
  Subject Matter: Interior Sanctuary Restrictions
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
28. October 2, 2020
  HHS division announces restructuring of Office on Trafficking in Persons
  
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: HHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
29. October 1, 2020
  COVID-19: DOS provides information on national interest exceptions for certain travelers from Europe
  - Biden administration action
  - covid-19
  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
30. October 1, 2020
  POTUS signs spending measure expanding USCIS premium processing, extending expiring immigration programs
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Employment Verification
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Legislation
31. October 1, 2020
  EOIR launches Immigration Court Online Resource (ICOR) and Pro Bono Portal
  
  Subject Matter: Detention Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports

September 2020
1. September 30, 2020
  EOIR proposes reg change to allow form preparation
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection Rule
2. September 30, 2020
  DOS releases instructions for the 2022 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Diversity
  
  Agency: Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
3. September 29, 2020
  USCIS proposes revisions to Form I-134, Declaration of Financial Support
  
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
4. September 25, 2020
  DOS announces changes to publicly available refugee admissions data
  
  Subject Matter: Refugees
  
  Agency: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports
5. September 25, 2020
  ICE modifies enforcement efforts during COVID-19
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Interior
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
6. September 25, 2020
  DHS proposes rule to establish fixed time admission for F, J and I nonimmigrants
  - Biden administration action
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Student Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: DHS CBP
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Rule
7. September 24, 2020
  AG Barr issues Matter of A-C-A-A-, requiring BIA to review asylum grants more critically
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: AG EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Adjudication
8. September 23, 2020
  DHS issues a temporary rule requiring the use of USCIS-contracted telephonic interpreters in asylum interviews
  - covid-19
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
9. September 23, 2020
  DHS 'ratifies' Acting Secretary's prior actions in response to GAO opinion
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Enforcement Humanitarian
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
10. September 22, 2020
  EOIR proposes revisions to Form EOIR-27, Entry of Appearance as Attorney/Representative Before BIA
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
11. September 18, 2020
  USCIS issues guidance on citizenship requirements for children of military members and government employees stationed abroad
  
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
12. September 18, 2020
  COVID-19: DHS releases Fact Sheet on measures on the border to limit the further spread of coronavirus
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Detention Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
13. September 17, 2020
  USCIS issues policy alert updating guidance on O visas
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
14. September 15, 2020
  DOS publishes FAQ on J Visa Processing Under Presidential Proclamation 10052
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: Bureau of Consular Affairs DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
15. September 15, 2020
  DOS releases guidance on DV-2020 adjudications after Gomez v. Trump ruling
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Diversity
  
  Agency: Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
16. September 12, 2020
  COVID-19: ICE reportedly resumes arrests after pausing due to pandemic
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Interior
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
17. September 11, 2020
  COVID-19: CDC issues final rule expanding quarantine authority to prohibit "introduction" of noncitizens (except LPR's) into the U.S.
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT Minors
  
  Agencies: CBP CDC
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
18. September 11, 2020
  DHS proposes rule to expand biometric data collection
  - Biden administration revocation
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Enforcement Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Rule
19. September 10, 2020
  USCIS launches sponsor deeming and agency reimbursement information collection initiative
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: USCIS HHS State & Local Entities
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Forms and Information Collection
20. September 9, 2020
  CBP proposes raising Global Entry and NEXUS fees, adjusting SENTRI fee
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Rule
21. September 8, 2020
  Whistleblower alleges that DHS lied about border threats and safety in Central America
  
  Subject Matter: Border Enforcement
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports
22. September 2, 2020
  USCIS revises guidance regarding forms and fees to align with USCIS fee rule
  - Biden administration action
  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
23. September 1, 2020
  DOS suspends entry of certain Syrian persons allegedly connected to military action
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive

August 2020
1. August 31, 2020
  DOS announces high prioritization of K visas
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Family-Based
  
  Agency: Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
2. August 28, 2020
  ICE reviews SEVIS records for OPT students who have not reported employer information
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Student
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
3. August 27, 2020
  CBP proposes collecting passenger manifest data from buses and railroads
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
4. August 25, 2020
  DOS and DHS temporarily expand interview waiver eligibility
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
5. August 24, 2020
  State Department requires Confucius Institute U.S. to provide list of Chinese citizens
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
6. August 21, 2020
  USCIS updates its policy manual with guidance on terminating asylee status at adjustment of status
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: USCIS ICE EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
7. August 21, 2020
  USCIS implements DHS guidance to reject, restrict, and shorten DACA program
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Enforcement DACA
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
8. August 20, 2020
  USCIS designates decision in Matter of Z-R-Z-C- as adopted policy
  
  Subject Matter: TPS
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
9. August 20, 2020
  Trump Cabinet officials voted in 2018 White House meeting to separate migrant children
  
  Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: DHS DOJ
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
10. August 19, 2020
  COVID-19: USCIS allows employees to use Form I-797 for Form I-9 verification during EAD production delays
  
  Subject Matter: Employment Verification Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
11. August 3, 2020
  USCIS issues final rule increasing fees
  - Biden administration action
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas Naturalization
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Rule
12. August 3, 2020
  POTUS issues Executive Order requiring agencies to assess contractor use of temporary foreign workers
  
  Subject Matter: Labor
  
  Agency: Other
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
13. August 3, 2020
  EOIR authorizes use of settlement officers in OCAHO cases
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice

July 2020
1. July 31, 2020
  DHS proposes new requirements for surety companies underwriting immigration bonds
  
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
2. July 30, 2020
  DOS amends Educational and Cultural Exchange Program Records system
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas: Student
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
3. July 30, 2020
  AG Barr issues Matter of Reyes, expanding what can qualify as an aggravated felony conviction
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: AG EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Adjudication
4. July 28, 2020
  DHS issues DACA memo rejecting initial DACA requests, restricting advance parole, and shortening renewals to one year
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: DACA
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
5. July 24, 2020
  USCIS issues new guidance regarding deployment of capital for EB-5 visas
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
6. July 24, 2020
  ORR proposes new information collection about release of unaccompanied minors from ORR custody
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Minors Detention
  
  Agency: ORR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
7. July 24, 2020
  ORR submit emergency approval for an information collection about services provided to unaccompanied minors
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Minors Detention
  
  Agency: ORR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
8. July 22, 2020
  COVID-19: ICE detains immigrant children in private hotels pending Title 42 expulsion
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Minors Detention
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Reported In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice Data and Reports
9. July 21, 2020
  POTUS issues memorandum excluding undocumented immigrants from apportionment base
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agency: Other
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
10. July 21, 2020
  USCIS reduces capacity to print green cards and employment authorization documents
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
11. July 18, 2020
  Administration plans parent-child reunification after district court order
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
  
  Agencies: ICE ORR AG CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
12. July 17, 2020
  EOIR proposes new Form EOIR-59 to allow for the release of records
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
13. July 15, 2020
  USCIS updates policy on applying discretion in adjudications
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
14. July 14, 2020
  POTUS issues Executive Order on Hong Kong, affecting visas
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
15. July 14, 2020
  AG Barr issues Matter of O-F-A-S-, clarifying when harm by a public official constitutes torture for CAT purposes
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: AG EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Adjudication
16. July 13, 2020
  Justice Department proposes revisions to EOIR-31A, Request for Accreditation of Non-Attorney Representative
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
17. July 13, 2020
  DOJ proposes revisions to Form EOIR-31 regarding recognition of non-profit organizations
  
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
18. July 8, 2020
  EOIR plans to revise regulations on UACs
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: EOIR USCIS ICE
  
  Status: In Regulatory Agenda
  
  Type of Action: Rule
19. July 8, 2020
  DHS proposes revisions to Form I-191, Application for Relief Under Former Section 212(c)
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
20. July 7, 2020
  DOS proposes revisions to medical examination form for refugees and visa applicants
  
  Subject Matter: Refugees Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
21. July 7, 2020
  DOS proposes revisions to Form DS-7994, Electronic Medical Examination for Visa Applicant
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
22. July 6, 2020
  ICE Chicago Field Office plans Citizens Academy for Enforcement and Removal Operations
  
  Subject Matter: Interior
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Rescinded
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
23. July 2, 2020
  CBP designates autonomous surveillance towers along southern border a "program of record"
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
24. July 2, 2020
  EOIR rescinds two OPPMs deemed outdated
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
25. July 2, 2020
  EOIR Director issues second decision on Matter of Bay Area Legal Services, Inc., rebukes amicus curiae
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Adjudication

June 2020
1. June 29, 2020
  USCIS updates filing location for Forms I-918 and I-485 for applicants filing for U nonimmigrant status
  - Biden administration action
  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
  - Biden administration action
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Rule
3. June 26, 2020
  Secretary of State announces visa restrictions on certain Chinese Communist Party officials
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
4. June 26, 2020
  DOS removes defunct immigrant visa classification regulation for certain former U.S. citizens
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Special Immigrant Citizenship
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
5. June 26, 2020
  Trump Administration designates ICE a "security/sensitive" agency
  
  Subject Matter: Interior
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
6. June 25, 2020
  USCIS proposes cost recovery surcharge
  - Biden administration action
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Legislation
7. June 22, 2020
  DHS amends regulation to remove 30-day processing provision for asylum employment authorization applications
  - Biden administration action
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Labor
  
  Agencies: USCIS DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Rule
8. 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
9. June 22, 2020
  CBP proposes revisions to Form I-736, Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Information
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
10. June 17, 2020
  AG Barr certifies Matter of A-M-R-C-, a 15 years' closed asylum case
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agency: AG
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Adjudication
11. June 17, 2020
  COVID-19: DOE excludes certain noncitizen students from pandemic aid
  - Biden administration revocation
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian Citizenship
  
  Agency: Other
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
12. June 16, 2020
  DOS codifies "exceptional circumstances" criteria in adjudicating special immigrant visas for former U.S. government employees
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Special Immigrant
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
13. June 12, 2020
  DHS Inspector General finds that CBP struggled to meet detention standards in 2019
  
  Subject Matter: Detention Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports
14. June 12, 2020
  EOIR rescinds five OPPMs deemed outdated
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
15. June 11, 2020
  POTUS issues EO 13928, suspending entry of noncitizens working for the ICC
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: DHS DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
16. June 9, 2020
  DOJ "reassigns" pre-Trump BIA judges
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
17. June 8, 2020
  ICE informs SEVP-certified schools of a revised H-1B registration process and F-1 cap-gap extensions
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Student
  
  Agencies: ICE USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
18. June 4, 2020
  ICE begins testing all incoming detainees for COVID-19
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
19. June 4, 2020
  DHS deploys components to curb protests nationwide
  
  Subject Matter: Interior
  
  Agencies: DHS ICE CBP
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice

May 2020
1. May 29, 2020
  POTUS issues proclamation suspending entry of certain students and researchers from China
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Non-Immigrant Visas: Student
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
2. May 28, 2020
  COVID-19: CBP/TSA restrict arrivals of flights carrying persons traveling from Brazil
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agencies: CBP TSA
  
  Status: Rescinded
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
3. May 27, 2020
  Reported: DOJ offers financial incentives to pre-Trump BIA judges to retire or resign
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
4. May 26, 2020
  USCIS publishes instructions for electronic registration for H-1B cap sponsoring entities
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Forms and Information Collection
5. May 24, 2020
  COVID-19: POTUS suspends entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants previously physically present in Brazil
  - Biden administration action
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: DHS DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
6. May 22, 2020
  USCIS retires Adjudicator's Field Manual
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
7. May 22, 2020
  EOIR Director issues Matter of Bay Area Legal Services, Inc., rules on several R&A issues
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Adjudication
8. May 20, 2020
  DOL issues rule granting Secretary of Labor discretionary review of ARB and BALCA decisions
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
9. May 15, 2020
  COVID-19: EOIR postpones hearings for non-detained cases
  - Biden administration action
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
10. May 14, 2020
  COVID-19: USCIS issues temporary final rule modifying H-2B requirements
  - hsa/fvra
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
11. May 14, 2020
  USCIS publishes interim final rule implementing the Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
12. May 11, 2020
  COVID-19: USCIS issues temporary guidance for certain H-1B foreign medical graduates
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
13. May 11, 2020
  DHS restricts admission periods for Chinese journalists
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
14. May 6, 2020
  USCIS allows military personnel and veterans to file naturalization applications online
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
15. May 4, 2020
  National Visa Center no longer accepts inquiries by mail
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Family-Based Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Immigrant Visas: Special Immigrant
  
  Agency: Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice

April 2020
1. April 30, 2020
  EOIR extends bar for asylum in CNMI to 2030
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
2. April 29, 2020
  EOIR issues guidance on legal changes affecting individuals in the CNMI
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
3. April 27, 2020
  USCIS releases updated I-9 handbook for employers
  
  Subject Matter: Employment Verification
  
  Agencies: ICE USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
4. April 27, 2020
  COVID-19: DOS postpones Entrance Status Check for Diversity Visa applicants
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Diversity
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
5. April 24, 2020
  USCIS updates policy on false claims of US citizenship
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement Citizenship
  
  Agencies: USCIS ICE CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
6. April 23, 2020
  COVID-19: ICE to test some immigrants for coronavirus before deportation
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Interior
  
  Agencies: ICE DOS
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
7. April 23, 2020
  COVID-19: DHS revises service process requirements for summonses, complaints, and subpoenas
  - hsa/fvra
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
8. April 22, 2020
  COVID-19: POTUS issues proclamation suspending entry of designated immigrants for 60 days
  - Biden administration action
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Border Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
9. April 22, 2020
  COVID-19: CBP temporarily closes Trusted Traveler Program enrollment, extends renewal period
  - covid-19
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Rescinded
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
10. April 20, 2020
  COVID-19: USCIS issues temporary final rule, lifting certain H-2A program limitations
  - hsa/fvra
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual Renewed
  
  Type of Action: Rule
11. April 17, 2020
  COVID-19: CBP offers extension for Visa Waiver Program travelers
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
12. April 16, 2020
  COVID-19: ICE releases hundreds of immigrants from detention amid spread of coronavirus
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
13. April 16, 2020
  ORR proposes information collection to allow UAC Program to monitor care provider facility compliance
  
  Subject Matter: Minors Detention
  
  Agency: ORR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
14. April 15, 2020
  DHS notice that Acting Secretary has waived certain legal requirements to construct the border wall in Starr County, Texas.
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agencies: DHS CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
15. April 13, 2020
  COVID-19: USCIS announces delay in data entry and receipt notice generation for H-1B petitions
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Expired
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
16. April 13, 2020
  COVID-19: USCIS announces flexibility for nonimmigrants who cannot depart U.S. before their authorized stay expires
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
17. April 10, 2020
  COVID-19: POTUS imposes visa sanctions on countries that refuse to accept return of foreign nationals
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: DHS DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual Renewed
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
18. April 7, 2020
  USCIS issues policy guidance on Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness law
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
19. April 3, 2020
  EOIR begins accepting digital and electronic signatures
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
20. April 3, 2020
  COVID-19: DOS temporarily limits in-person passport services
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
21. April 1, 2020
  EOIR expands BIA to 23 judges
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule

March 2020
1. March 30, 2020
  COVID-19: USCIS Continues Processing Applications for Employment Authorization Extension Requests Despite Closures
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Expired
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
2. March 30, 2020
  COVID-19: USCIS announces flexibility for applicants responding to Requests for Evidence, Notices of Intent to Deny, and other USCIS requests
  - covid-19
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice Forms and Information Collection
3. March 26, 2020
  COVID-19: DOS informs medical professionals of continuing ability to request visa appointments
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
4. March 26, 2020
  COVID-19: SEVP issues guidance on electronic filing of Form I-20
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Student
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
5. March 24, 2020
  COVID-19: OFLC announces issuance of electronic PERM labor certifications
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Labor
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
6. March 24, 2020
  USCIS changes intake process for Form I-914, rejects incomplete forms
  
  Subject Matter: U/T/VAWA
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice Forms and Information Collection
7. March 23, 2020
  COVID-19: DHS and EOIR jointly announce rescheduling of MPP hearings
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: ICE EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
8. March 21, 2020
  COVID-19: USCIS issues temporary E-Verify policies
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Employment Verification
  
  Agencies: USCIS SSA
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
9. March 20, 2020
  COVID-19: USCIS announces temporary suspension of premium processing for I-129 and I-140 petitions
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Replaced
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
10. March 20, 2020
  COVID-19: DHS announces flexibility in physical presence requirements for employment eligibility verification
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Employment Verification
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
11. March 20, 2020
  COVID-19: DOL issues FAQ on Coronavirus effects, including extensions for filing periods
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual Expired
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
12. March 20, 2020
  COVID-19: US-Canada joint initiative restricts non-essential border crossings
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Border Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor
  
  Agencies: CBP DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual Renewed
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
13. March 20, 2020
  COVID-19: US-Mexico joint initiative restricts non-essential border crossings
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Border Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor
  
  Agencies: CBP DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual Renewed
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
14. 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
  - Biden administration action
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT Minors
  
  Agencies: CBP DHS CDC
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Renewed
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
15. March 20, 2020
  COVID-19: CBP issues memo on turning away migrants at borders, including unaccompanied minors and asylum seekers
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: CBP CDC
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
16. March 20, 2020
  COVID-19: USCIS announces flexibility in submitting required signatures during COVID-19 national emergency
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
17. March 20, 2020
  COVID-19: DHS announces flexibility in requirements related to Form I-9 compliance
  - Biden administration action
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Employment Verification
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice Forms and Information Collection
18. March 19, 2020
  Reported, COVID-19: Trump administration temporarily pausing refugee admissions
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Refugees
  
  Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
19. March 19, 2020
  COVID-19: CBP/TSA restrict arrivals of flights carrying persons traveling from the United Kingdom and Ireland
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agencies: CBP TSA
  
  Status: Rescinded
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
20. March 18, 2020
  COVID-19: USCIS temporarily closes offices until at least April 7th
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
21. March 18, 2020
  COVID-19: EOIR sets immigration court practices during outbreak
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Replaced
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
22. March 18, 2020
  COVID-19: ICE focuses removal and detention on public safety risks
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Interior Sanctuary Restrictions
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
23. March 18, 2020
  COVID-19: DOS suspends visa services worldwide
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: In Litigation Replaced
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
24. March 18, 2020
  COVID-19: ICE temporarily allows filing Form I-246 through mail; extends initial check-in deadline
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Enforcement Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
25. March 17, 2020
  COVID-19: CBP/TSA restrict arrivals of flights carrying persons traveling from Schengen Area
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agencies: CBP TSA
  
  Status: Rescinded
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
26. March 17, 2020
  COVID-19: USCIS temporarily suspends in-person services
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Citizenship
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Rescinded
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
27. March 15, 2020
  COVID-19: ICE medically screens detainees prior to removal flights
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Detention Interior
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
28. March 13, 2020
  COVID-19: ICE temporarily suspends family visitations in all detention centers
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
29. March 11, 2020
  DHS extends TPS for Somalia for eighteen months
  - Biden administration action
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: TPS
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
30. March 11, 2020
  COVID-19: POTUS issues proclamation suspending entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants previously physically present in Schengen Area
  - Biden administration action
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: DOS DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
31. March 10, 2020
  COVID-19: Unaccompanied children not being held in CA, WA shelters
  
  Subject Matter: Minors
  
  Agencies: CBP ORR
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
32. March 10, 2020
  DHS proposes to modify and reissue "ALL-038 Insider Threat Program" System of Records
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports
33. March 9, 2020
  DOJ eliminates DHS discretion to exempt certain detained noncitizens from DNA-sample collection
  
  Subject Matter: Border Interior Detention
  
  Agencies: ICE DOJ CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
34. March 9, 2020
  COVID-19: SEVP issues guidance for F and M nonimmigrant students
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Student
  
  Agencies: ICE USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
35. March 6, 2020
  ICE requests redeployment of 500 HSI agents to increase arrests and surveillance in sanctuary cities
  
  Subject Matter: Interior Sanctuary Restrictions
  
  Agencies: ICE CBP EOIR
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
36. March 6, 2020
  USCIS requires FLAG system temporary labor certification final determination to be submitted with H-2A petition
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
37. March 6, 2020
  DOL delegates authority to the Secretary to review ARB decisions
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
38. March 5, 2020
  USCIS issues policy guidance on submission of benefit requests
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas Humanitarian Citizenship
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
39. March 4, 2020
  COVID-19: CBP/TSA restrict arrivals of flights carrying persons traveling from Iran
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agencies: CBP TSA
  
  Status: Rescinded
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
40. March 3, 2020
  DOS changes case status updates on online portal for visa applicants
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice

February 2020
1. February 29, 2020
  COVID-19: POTUS suspends entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants previously physically present in Iran
  - Biden administration action
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Enforcement Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
2. February 28, 2020
  USCIS publishes updated guidance on H-2A petitions for sheep/goat herders
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
3. February 27, 2020
  Reported: ICE, CBP and DOJ use Clearview AI, a facial recognition program to scan social media photos
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE DOJ
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
4. February 26, 2020
  AG Barr issues Matter of R-A-F-, remanding BIA decision for reconsideration of "torture" determination
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: AG EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Adjudication
5. February 26, 2020
  DOJ announces OIL unit dedicated to denaturalization cases
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications Naturalization Citizenship
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOJ
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
6. February 26, 2020
  USCIS clarifies effect of breaks in continuity of residence on eligibility for naturalization
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Naturalization
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
7. February 26, 2020
  SEVP Changes the Recertification Notification Process
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Student
  
  Agencies: ICE USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
8. February 24, 2020
  Reported: USCIS hiring freeze for positions related to programs for legal immigrants
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
9. February 24, 2020
  CBP introduces facial recognition at Brownsville, TX border crossing
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
10. February 20, 2020
  Update to Immigration Court Practice Manual imposes page limit on pre-trial briefs
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
11. February 20, 2020
  DHS waives laws to expedite construction of border wall
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
12. February 19, 2020
  USCIS opens application period for new status for long-term residents of CNMI
  
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
13. February 14, 2020
  ICE intends to open first holding facility in Maine
  
  Subject Matter: Detention Interior
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
14. February 14, 2020
  USCIS Suspends H-1B Pre-Paid Mailer
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
15. February 13, 2020
  EOIR clarifies use of standing orders, relationship with Immigration Practice Manual
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
16. February 13, 2020
  EOIR Director modifies adjournment, call up, and case identification codes
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual Rescinded
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
17. February 10, 2020
  Trump's FY2021 budget proposal would double H-1B training fees
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOL
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Legislation
18. February 10, 2020
  Reported: DHS considers retaliating against states that deny immigration officials access to state driver records
  
  Subject Matter: Sanctuary Restrictions
  
  Agencies: ICE TSA
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
19. February 10, 2020
  President Trump proposes further reduction in funding for E-verify
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Employment Verification
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Legislation
20. February 10, 2020
  DHS to collect social media information on certain CBP and USCIS forms
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas Naturalization
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
21. February 7, 2020
  Reported: DHS uses cellphone location data for immigration enforcement
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE DHS
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
22. February 5, 2020
  Reported: ICE begins fingerprinting unaccompanied children age 14 and over in ORR facilities
  
  Subject Matter: Interior Minors
  
  Agencies: ORR ICE USCIS
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
23. February 5, 2020
  DHS suspends access to Trusted Traveler Programs for NY residents
  
  Subject Matter: Sanctuary Restrictions
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE
  
  Status: Rescinded
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
24. February 4, 2020
  Reported: Trump Administration designates CBP as a Security Agency
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
25. February 4, 2020
  COVID-19: CBP/TSA restrict arrivals of flights carrying persons traveling from China
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agencies: CBP TSA
  
  Status: Rescinded
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice

January 2020
1. January 31, 2020
  EOIR re-articulates policies on case management and docketing
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
2. January 31, 2020
  USCIS shifts to requiring citizens residing abroad to file Form I-130 online except in very limited circumstances
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Family-Based Citizenship
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
3. January 31, 2020
  POTUS issues Presidential Proclamation 9983, adding six new countries to Travel Ban
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
4. January 31, 2020
  COVID-19: POTUS issues proclamation suspending entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants previously physically present in China
  - Biden administration action
  - covid-19
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: DHS DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
5. January 31, 2020
  USCIS announces new version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification
  
  Subject Matter: Employment Verification
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
6. January 31, 2020
  USCIS issues policy guidance regarding Form I-130 filed abroad at U.S. embassies and consulates
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Family-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Adjudication Change in Practice
7. January 30, 2020
  USCIS issues guidance on biometrics services and fingerprint waivers
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas Naturalization Humanitarian
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
8. January 29, 2020
  DHS expands MPP to Brazilian nationals
  
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian Asylum, Withholding and CAT Hearings and Adjudications Border
  
  Agencies: CBP EOIR ICE USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
9. January 29, 2020
  USCIS adjusts process for managing EB-5 visa petitions
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
10. January 24, 2020
  iCERT system transitions to read-only in initial phase of decommissioning
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
11. January 24, 2020
  State Department aims to limit 'birth tourism' with new visa rule
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor
  
  Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
12. January 23, 2020
  USCIS rejects certain application forms for incompleteness if any fields are left blank
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT U/T/VAWA
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
13. January 23, 2020
  USCIS announces Iranian nationals are no longer eligible for E-1 or E-2 visas due to treaty termination
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: Bureau of Consular Affairs USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
14. January 21, 2020
  National Archives and Record Administration gives notice of ICE records disposal
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
15. January 17, 2020
  EOIR Director expands restrictions on immigration judges' public speaking
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: EOIR DOJ
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
16. January 16, 2020
  USCIS issues policy guidance on replacing permanent resident card
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
17. January 15, 2020
  ICE issues subpoenas to law enforcement in CA, CT, NY, NV and OR
  
  Subject Matter: Interior Sanctuary Restrictions
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
18. January 15, 2020
  DOL makes annual adjustment to penalties for certain visa violations
  
  Subject Matter: Employment Verification Workplace Enforcement
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
19. January 14, 2020
  POTUS issues EO 13902, suspending entry of Iranians with certain industry connections
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas Border
  
  Agencies: CBP Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
20. January 14, 2020
  State Department clarifies adoption policies for non-citizens living in the United States
  
  Subject Matter: Minors
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
21. January 13, 2020
  EOIR issues guidance on adjustment of status eligibility for certain Liberians under the NDAA
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: DHS EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
22. January 10, 2020
  State Department designates Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq as a foreign terrorist organization
  
  Subject Matter: Interior Border
  
  Agencies: DOS DHS DOJ
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
23. January 6, 2020
  DOL relaxes Wagner-Peyser requirements for states
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Labor
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
24. January 5, 2020
  CBP officers instructed to target Iranian and Iranian-American travelers following U.S. assassination of General Soleimani
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
25. January 2, 2020
  DHS begins implementing Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) at Port of Nogales
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS ICE EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice

December 2019
1. December 31, 2019
  Acting DHS Secretary requests review of state DMV laws for assessment of interference with immigration enforcement
  
  Subject Matter: Interior Sanctuary Restrictions
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
2. December 30, 2019
  U.S. Census Bureau reports drop in net migration between U.S. and abroad in 2018-19
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: DHS DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports
3. December 26, 2019
  USCIS begins accepting green card applications under Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness program
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Adjudication Change in Practice
4. December 26, 2019
  CBP designates tribal card issued by Swinomish Indian Tribal Community as acceptable travel document
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
5. December 21, 2019
  Reported: ICE asking immigration courts to reopen DACA recipients' removal cases
  
  Subject Matter: Interior DACA
  
  Agencies: ICE EOIR
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
6. December 20, 2019
  USCIS issues guidance to clarify the effect of travel by TPS beneficiaries with final orders
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: TPS Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: USCIS ICE EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
7. December 20, 2019
  EOIR to open another immigration court in Houston
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
8. December 19, 2019
  DOL announces AEWR annual update for H-2A herding and livestock range workers
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
9. December 19, 2019
  DOL announces AEWR annual update for H-2A agricultural laborers
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
10. December 19, 2019
  EOIR implements electronic system for legal providers to be included on List of Pro Bono Legal Service Providers
  
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
11. December 18, 2019
  USCIS requests comments on proposed revisions to Form I-131A, Application for Carrier Documentation
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
12. December 18, 2019
  USCIS requests comments on new information collection, Form G-1552, regarding sponsor deeming and agency reimbursement
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
13. December 13, 2019
  USCIS issues policy guidance on "unlawful acts" for good moral character evaluations
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
14. December 10, 2019
  USCIS issues policy guidance regarding post-sentencing changes and DUI convictions
  
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
15. December 9, 2019
  DOS clarifies passport regulations for applicants with delinquent tax debt
  
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
16. December 9, 2019
  CBP issues notice designating Puyallup tribal card as acceptable travel document
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
17. December 6, 2019
  Reported: EOIR expands use of "tent courts" along Southern Border
  
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: USCIS EOIR CBP ICE
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
18. December 6, 2019
  USCIS proposes substantial changes to the USCIS motions and appeals process (Form I-290B)
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas Humanitarian
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
19. December 3, 2019
  ICE opens new detention facility in Anson, TX
  
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
20. December 2, 2019
  ICE issues 2019 detention standards
  
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive

November 2019
1. November 22, 2019
  EOIR General Counsel issues guidance on applying Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications Rule to certain asylum seekers impacted by metering
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
2. November 21, 2019
  EOIR reaffirms amici cannot engage in legal advocacy before IJ
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
3. November 21, 2019
  EOIR final rule exempts OCAHO case management system from Privacy Act
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
4. November 21, 2019
  EOIR to open Van Nuys Immigration Court in Los Angeles
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
5. November 21, 2019
  USCIS issues policy guidance on adjustment for terminated Conditional Permanent Residents
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Family-Based Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
6. November 21, 2019
  Reported: USCIS threatens consequences for staff leaking information
  
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
7. November 19, 2019
  Interim final rule modifies existing regulations to implement the Asylum Cooperative Agreements
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: EOIR USCIS CBP DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Rule
8. November 19, 2019
  EOIR memorializes policy regarding joint rule on the implementation of Asylum Cooperative Agreements
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: USCIS EOIR ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
9. November 19, 2019
  USCIS issues policy guidance on Special Immigrant Juvenile classification
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Special Immigrant Minors Humanitarian
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
10. November 15, 2019
  EOIR issues guidance regarding child advocates in UAC hearings
  
  Subject Matter: Minors Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: EOIR ORR ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
11. November 15, 2019
  DOL & USCIS final rule eliminates print ads for H-2B recruitment
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
12. November 14, 2019
  Internal DHS report makes recommendations regarding MPP implementation
  
  Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: USCIS CBP EOIR ORR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
13. November 8, 2019
  USCIS publishes final rule requiring $10 fee per registration for H-1B cap selection process
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
14. November 8, 2019
  DHS designates Poland as Visa Waiver Program country
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: CBP DHS DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
15. November 7, 2019
  CBP issues NTAs with false court dates to migrants in MPP
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
16. November 7, 2019
  DOL authorizes electronic payment of H-2A violation penalties
  
  Subject Matter: Labor Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
17. November 7, 2019
  DHS seeks public input on technology to streamline applications for REAL ID-compliant licenses
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agencies: TSA DHS State & Local Entities
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
18. November 6, 2019
  DHS begins implementing the Humanitarian Asylum Review Program
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: USCIS CBP EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
19. November 4, 2019
  DHS announces continuation of documentation for beneficiaries of TPS designation for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: TPS
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
20. November 1, 2019
  POTUS reduces refugee admissions to 18,000 for Fiscal Year 2020
  
  Subject Matter: Refugees
  
  Agencies: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration USCIS ORR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders

October 2019
1. October 31, 2019
  State Department clarifies standard of review for blanket L visa applications
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
2. October 28, 2019
  DHS and El Salvador reach agreement on increased information sharing in exchange for extended work permits for Salvadorans with TPS
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: TPS Border Interior
  
  Agencies: USCIS CBP ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
3. October 28, 2019
  DHS extends Migrant Protection Protocols to Eagle Pass, TX Port of Entry
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE USCIS EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
4. October 25, 2019
  AG Barr issues Matter of Castillo-Perez, ruling that 2+ DUIs creates presumption of ineligibility for cancellation of removal
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: AG EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Adjudication
5. October 25, 2019
  AG Barr issues Matter of Thomas and Thompson, ruling on the immigration effect of modified criminal convictions
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: AG EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Adjudication
6. October 24, 2019
  USCIS updates AFM with sample notice of filing an Application for a Permanent Employment Certification
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
7. October 23, 2019
  OFLC issues FAQs on H-2A definition of "Agricultural Labor or Services"
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
8. October 16, 2019
  USCIS reopens comment period for 2011 proposed rule amending eligibility and procedures for Special Immigrant Juvenile Petitions
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Special Immigrant Minors Humanitarian
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Rule
9. October 15, 2019
  USCIS clarifies requirements for Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Special Immigrant Minors Humanitarian
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
10. October 15, 2019
  DHS issues final rule requiring REAL ID for official federal purposes beginning October 1, 2020
  - Biden administration action
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
11. October 11, 2019
  State Department acts on 'Public Charge' changes, including issuing Interim Final Rule
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Rule
12. October 7, 2019
  DHS begins implementing the Prompt Asylum Claim Review program
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border Detention Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
13. October 4, 2019
  POTUS issues proclamation suspending entry of immigrants unable to obtain health care
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
14. October 2, 2019
  EOIR Director issues guidance on the review of R&A denials
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
15. October 1, 2019
  EOIR Director modifies BIA case processing, creates internal deadlines
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
16. October 1, 2019
  DHS waives 31 environmental and historic preservation regulations to expedite border wall construction in Texas's Rio Grande Valley Sector
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive

September 2019
1. September 30, 2019
  USCIS issues policy guidance for Matter of L-E-A-
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Refugees
  
  Agencies: USCIS ICE EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
2. September 27, 2019
  U.S. and Honduras sign agreements on immigration enforcement and H-2 visa programs
  
  Subject Matter: Border Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: DHS DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
3. September 27, 2019
  Student & Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) issues guidance on reporting relationship between employment and area of study for F-1 OPT
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Student
  
  Agencies: ICE USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
4. September 26, 2019
  POTUS issues EO 13888, limiting refugee resettlement to state and localities consenting to receive refugees
  - Biden administration revocation
  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
5. September 26, 2019
  EOIR adds new courts' information to Immigration Court Practice Manual
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Replaced
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports
6. September 25, 2019
  POTUS issues proclamation suspending entry of certain members of the Maduro government in Venezuela
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: USCIS DHS DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
7. September 25, 2019
  POTUS suspends entry of Iranian senior officials
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: USCIS DHS DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
8. September 25, 2019
  DOL requests comment on proposed revisions to Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker (MSFW) Monitoring Report and Complaint/Apparent Violation Form
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: DOL State & Local Entities
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
9. September 25, 2019
  United States and Honduras sign Asylum Cooperative Agreement
  - Biden administration revocation
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS DOJ
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
10. September 23, 2019
  DHS extends TPS designation for Syria
  - Biden administration action
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: TPS
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual Renewed
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
11. September 20, 2019
  United States and El Salvador sign "safe" third country agreement
  - Biden administration revocation
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: DOJ USCIS CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
12. September 20, 2019
  DOL publishes final rule transitioning to electronic advertising for H-2A worker recruitment
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
13. September 13, 2019
  DHS releases joint statement with government of Honduras on countries' continuing border security discussions
  
  Subject Matter: Border Enforcement
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
14. September 12, 2019
  ICE Field Office Directors publish statement on enforcement and removal operations
  
  Subject Matter: Interior Detention
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
15. September 6, 2019
  DHS and DOJ are erecting virtual immigration courtrooms for MPP cases along the Southern Border
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Hearings and Adjudications Border
  
  Agencies: USCIS CBP ICE EOIR
  
  Status: Reported In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
16. September 4, 2019
  DHS makes citizens of Freely Associated States eligible for REAL IDs
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
17. September 3, 2019
  Pentagon approves diversion of military construction funds for border wall
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agencies: CBP DOD
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
18. September 3, 2019
  DHS rescinds parole into Guam and CNMI for Russians, restricting issuance to case-by-case determination
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
19. September 2, 2019
  USCIS resumes considering requests from immigrants seeking deferred action for medical treatment
  
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian
  
  Agencies: ICE USCIS
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice

August 2019
1. August 28, 2019
  U.S. and El Salvador sign letter of cooperation to reduce border migration
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: USCIS ICE CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
2. August 27, 2019
  DHS moves $155M from disaster relief to immigration enforcement
  
  Subject Matter: Border Detention Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: USCIS ICE FEMA
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
3. August 23, 2019
  Final Rule terminating Flores Agreement regarding detention of migrant children
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Detention Minors
  
  Agencies: ICE USCIS CBP ORR
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Rule
4. August 21, 2019
  Reported: More than 2,000 migrants returned to Central American countries under "Assisted Voluntary Return" program.
  
  Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: DHS DOS
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
5. August 20, 2019
  ICE Announces New Streamlined Removal Procedures for Return of Guatemalans
  
  Subject Matter: Interior
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
6. August 20, 2019
  Reported: DOS Changes Validity Of E Visas For French Citizens
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: CBP Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
7. August 19, 2019
  USCIS issues guidance on discretionary employment authorization for parolees
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian Employment Verification Enforcement
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
8. August 16, 2019
  EOIR Director restricts use of status dockets
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
9. August 16, 2019
  EOIR clarifies policy on judge misconduct complaints and ex parte communications
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
10. August 15, 2019
  US and Canada implement preclearance agreement
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
11. August 15, 2019
  Government bars use of Visa Waiver Program by persons who visited North Korea
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Forms and Information Collection
12. 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
13. August 14, 2019
  New Form I-944, Declaration of Self-Sufficiency, required for adjustment of status applications
  - Biden administration action
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
14. August 14, 2019
  USCIS releases new forms, Form I-945 and I-356, to formalize the public charge bond process
  - Biden administration action
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
15. August 14, 2019
  USCIS publishes revised forms consistent with the final rule on the public charge ground of inadmissibility
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas Humanitarian Naturalization
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
16. August 13, 2019
  EOIR opens immigration court in Sacramento
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
17. August 13, 2019
  USCIS issues policy guidance on documentation for Cuban Adjustment Act cases
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
18. August 9, 2019
  USCIS announces closure of Seoul office
  
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
19. August 9, 2019
  USCIS plans to close several international field offices
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Citizenship
  
  Agencies: DOS USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
20. August 8, 2019
  Detained noncitizens with small children released on humanitarian grounds in Mississippi
  
  Subject Matter: Interior
  
  Agencies: ICE AG
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
21. August 5, 2019
  POTUS imposes sanctions on Venezuela via EO
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
22. August 2, 2019
  USCIS to terminate Haitian Family Reunification Parole program and Filipino World War II Veterans Parole program
  
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian
  
  Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Program Termination
23. August 2, 2019
  Reported: MPP program expanded to easternmost southern border
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS ICE EOIR
  
  Status: Reported In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
24. August 2, 2019
  ICE releases Fact Sheet on Directive 11005.2 allowing ICE power to immediately remove U Visa Petitioners
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: U/T/VAWA Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: ICE USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
25. August 1, 2019
  State Department designates additional aliases of Al-Shabaab
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive

July 2019
1. July 31, 2019
  USCIS designates AG decision in Matter of H-G-G- as adopted policy
  
  Subject Matter: TPS Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
2. July 31, 2019
  USCIS publishes U Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide
  
  Subject Matter: U/T/VAWA Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: USCIS State & Local Entities
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
3. July 30, 2019
  United States and Guatemala sign agreements on H-2 nonimmigrant visas
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
4. July 29, 2019
  AG decides Matter of L-E-A-, narrowing family-based PSGs
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: EOIR ICE AG USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Adjudication
5. July 26, 2019
  United States and Guatemala sign Asylum Cooperative Agreement
  - Biden administration revocation
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
  
  Agencies: DOJ CBP USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
6. July 26, 2019
  USCIS issues guidance regarding asylum and internal relocation
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
7. July 26, 2019
  POTUS issues EO 13882, suspending entry of persons engaged in certain activities in Mali
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
8. July 26, 2019
  H-2B petitioners must include FLAG system temporary labor certification final determination with Form I-129
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
9. July 26, 2019
  DOL proposes rule that would change H-2A labor certification process
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Rule
10. July 24, 2019
  USCIS makes significant changes to EB-5 immigrant investor program
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Rule
11. July 24, 2019
  DHS begins conducting on-site inspections of F-1 STEM OPT employment
  
  Subject Matter: Workplace Enforcement Non-Immigrant Visas: Student
  
  Agencies: ICE USCIS
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
12. July 23, 2019
  DHS designates new categories of migrants for expanded expedited removal to cover persons inside the US more than 100 miles from border
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Interior
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
13. July 23, 2019
  DOS imposes visa restrictions on Nigerians
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
14. July 23, 2019
  State Department issues final rule implementing Adoptive Family Relief Act
  
  Subject Matter: Minors Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
15. July 18, 2019
  DOJ removes probationary period for IJs hired as Board Members
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
16. July 15, 2019
  EOIR issues guidelines regarding DHS/DOJ third country interim final rule
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: ICE EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Rescinded
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
17. July 15, 2019
  ICE interim guidance for implementation of Matter of M-S-
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Detention
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
18. July 11, 2019
  US/Canada begin Phase III of Entry/Exit Project
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
19. July 11, 2019
  POTUS issues EO 13880 on Collecting Information about Citizenship Status in Connection with 2020 Census
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agencies: DHS DOS HHS SSA
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
20. July 9, 2019
  Asylum seekers given less time to prepare for credible fear interviews
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
21. July 9, 2019
  Reported: ICE opens three new detention centers
  
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
22. July 8, 2019
  Report: Immigration Officials Use Secretive Gang Databases to Deny Asylum Claims
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border Interior
  
  Agencies: ICE CBP USCIS DOS
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
23. July 8, 2019
  The Under Secretary of State re-delegates authority to invoke privilege related to refugee vetting
  
  Subject Matter: Refugees Border
  
  Agencies: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration USCIS CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
24. July 7, 2019
  ICE reportedly mines state driver's license databases using facial recognition
  
  Subject Matter: Interior
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
25. July 3, 2019
  EOIR experiments with providing pre-recorded rights advisals at master calendar hearings
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Reported Rescinded
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
26. July 2, 2019
  EOIR final rule leaves AWOs intact but allows three Board Member review of complex cases
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
27. July 1, 2019
  HHS to fund 1,300 more beds in Carrizo Springs, Texas
  
  Subject Matter: Border Detention Minors
  
  Agencies: CBP ORR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
28. July 1, 2019
  DHS waives certain legal regulations to expedite border wall construction in Texas
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
29. July 1, 2019
  DOL limits its discretionary power in certifying U, T visas
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: U/T/VAWA
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive

June 2019
1. June 30, 2019
  USCIS extends benefits for certain CNMI residents
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian Citizenship
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual Renewed
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
2. June 28, 2019
  CBP opens temporary facility in Yuma, AZ
  
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE ORR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
3. June 27, 2019
  CBP proposes construction of pedestrian barrier in the Rio Grande Valley
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
4. June 27, 2019
  USCIS Seeks Comments on Proposed H-1B Registration Tool Information Collection
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
5. June 25, 2019
  CBP removes certain restrictions on flights to and from Cuba
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
6. June 24, 2019
  ICE notice of intent to award contract to Cellebrite for smartphone hacking technology
  
  Subject Matter: Interior
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
7. June 21, 2019
  ICE awards new contract for rapid DNA testing at southwest border; expands pilot program
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
8. June 20, 2019
  CBP expands facility in Donna, TX to hold more unaccompanied children
  
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE ORR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
9. June 19, 2019
  DOS seeks approval to collect information from A, G, or NATO visa applicants
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
10. June 17, 2019
  USCIS will transfer some green card and naturalization cases to field offices
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Naturalization
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
11. June 11, 2019
  HUD announces DACA recipients are ineligible for U.S.-backed mortgages
  
  Subject Matter: DACA
  
  Agency: Other
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
12. June 10, 2019
  New Zealand Nationals Eligible for E-1 and E-2 Nonimmigrant Classifications
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
13. June 7, 2019
  United States and Mexico sign joint statement on immigration enforcement
  
  Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: USCIS ICE CBP DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
14. June 7, 2019
  United States and Mexico to discuss binding bilateral refugee agreement
  
  Subject Matter: Border Refugees
  
  Agencies: USCIS ICE CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
15. June 7, 2019
  US recognizes five-year extension of validity for Venezuelan passports
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
16. June 5, 2019
  DOS requires Diversity Visa Program petitioners to provide more passport information
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Diversity
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
17. June 4, 2019
  USCIS updates rejection criteria for form I-129
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive

May 2019
1. May 31, 2019
  USCIS updates procedures for unaccompanied children's asylum applications
  
  Subject Matter: Minors Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
2. May 30, 2019
  HHS cancels funding for recreational activities in unaccompanied minor shelters
  
  Subject Matter: Minors Detention
  
  Agencies: ORR ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
3. May 28, 2019
  ICE seeks to implement Rapid DNA testing to identify fraudulent claims of family relationships
  
  Subject Matter: Detention Border
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
4. May 23, 2019
  POTUS issues memo ordering strict enforcement of sponsor-reimbursement laws
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian
  
  Agencies: DOJ DHS HHS DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
5. May 22, 2019
  DHS finalizes new & increased fees charged by SEVP
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Student
  
  Agencies: ICE USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
6. May 21, 2019
  State Department confirms effective date for final rule on Electronic Visa Update System
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
7. May 19, 2019
  ICE Plans to Expand “Alternative to Detention” Program
  
  Subject Matter: Detention Interior
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
8. May 19, 2019
  HUD proposes rule to exclude undocumented immigrants from federal housing assistance
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian
  
  Agencies: Other USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Rule
9. May 17, 2019
  USCIS renews matching programs in five states to detect benefits fraud
  
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian
  
  Agencies: USCIS State & Local Entities
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports
10. May 16, 2019
  State Department Imposes and Waives PLO and PA Visa Denials
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
11. May 15, 2019
  DHS waives laws, regulations to enable California and Arizona border wall construction
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
12. May 15, 2019
  DHS suspends flights to Venezuela
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agencies: DHS DOS Other
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
13. May 11, 2019
  Report: ICE relocates detainees by air to begin initial processing
  
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
14. May 10, 2019
  Continuation of TPS Documentation for Nepal, Honduras
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: TPS
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: In Litigation Enjoined Renewed
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
15. May 9, 2019
  USCIS issues guidance on P-1S visa validity period
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
16. May 9, 2019
  ICE signs new contract with iPhone hacking company
  
  Subject Matter: Interior Border
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
17. May 7, 2019
  ICE limits Karnes detainees’ access to pro bono lawyers and volunteers
  
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
18. May 7, 2019
  DOJ seeks comments regarding revision of Form EOIR–26, Notice of Appeal From a Decision of an Immigration Judge
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
19. May 6, 2019
  ICE launches Warrant Service Officer program, empowering local law enforcement
  
  Subject Matter: Interior Sanctuary Restrictions
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
20. May 6, 2019
  State Department limits requirement to refer nonimmigrant inadmissibility waiver requests
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
21. May 3, 2019
  USCIS announces revision of the naturalization civics test and formalization of a decennial revision process
  
  Subject Matter: Naturalization
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
22. May 2, 2019
  Border Patrol agents will conduct and decide credible fear claims
  
  Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice

April 2019
1. April 30, 2019
  Asylum interviewers will no longer be trained to consider lack of asylum seekers' evidence
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
2. April 29, 2019
  President Trump issues memo proposing to tighten asylum rules
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
  
  Agencies: EOIR USCIS CBP AG
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
3. April 29, 2019
  Secretary of State excepts activities related to Kataeb militias from terrorism related inadmissibility grounds under INA 212(a)(3)(B)(i)
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: ICE USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
4. April 26, 2019
  DOJ proposes changes to cancellation of removal forms, Form EOIR-42A and EOIR-42B
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
5. April 26, 2019
  Acting Defense Secretary authorizes waivers for 280 troops to interact with migrants
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: DOD
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
6. April 26, 2019
  USCIS proposes revisions to N-648, Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions
  
  Subject Matter: Naturalization
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
7. April 25, 2019
  ICE signs contract with GEO Group to reopen Louisiana processing center
  
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
8. April 25, 2019
  CBP Further Restricts Canadian L-1 Applications at the Border
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
9. April 24, 2019
  CBP reportedly starts fingerprinting some children under age 14
  
  Subject Matter: Minors Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
10. April 24, 2019
  DHS waives certain regulations to expedite border wall construction in Arizona and New Mexico
  - hsa/fvra
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
11. April 24, 2019
  DOS exempts some government entities and businesses from ineligibility based on terrorist activities
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
12. April 24, 2019
  Secretary of State clarifies INA “terrorist organization” definition as applied to foreign governments
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
13. April 22, 2019
  State Department and DHS announce reciprocal investor visa with Israel
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
14. April 22, 2019
  DOS instructs consular officers to "discontinue granting" visas in countries that do not accept their citizens when removed from the United States
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: ICE USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
15. April 22, 2019
  White House directs agencies to tighten B-1/B-2 visitor visa enforcement
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: Bureau of Consular Affairs USCIS ICE CBP AG
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
16. April 19, 2019
  USCIS clarifies that marijuana offenses remain a conditional bar to establishing good moral character for naturalization applications
  
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
17. April 16, 2019
  AG Barr issues Matter of M-S-, holding that an asylum-seeker who establishes credible fear is ineligible for bond, even when transferred to removal proceedings
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Detention
  
  Agencies: EOIR ICE AG
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Adjudication
18. April 9, 2019
  Secretary of State delegates authority to waive visa bans for certain Burmese nationals
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
19. April 8, 2019
  DOS to designate Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as Foreign Terrorist Organization
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agencies: DHS DOS AG
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
20. April 8, 2019
  DHS increases Greece ESTA validity to two years
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
21. April 5, 2019
  DOJ finalizes rule adjusting civil monetary penalties for inflation
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: EOIR DOJ
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
22. April 5, 2019
  CBP reportedly terminates Accenture hiring contract
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Program Termination
23. April 4, 2019
  DHS threatens employees with legal consequences for leaking "nonpublic information"
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agency: DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
24. April 3, 2019
  Reports that CBP reducing commercial lanes and services at Otay Mesa to reassign agents to border
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
25. April 1, 2019
  DHS orders personnel surge and expansion of Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) at southern border
  
  Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
26. April 1, 2019
  CBP stops Sunday screening services for commercial trucks entering Nogales, Arizona
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
27. April 1, 2019
  USCIS launches H-1B data hub
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
28. April 1, 2019
  DOL publishes interim final rule on CW-1 visa
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
29. April 1, 2019
  USCIS denies H-1B petitions at higher rates
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice

March 2019
1. March 29, 2019
  EOIR Director's "no dark courtrooms" policy to max out courtroom space
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
2. March 29, 2019
  State Department cuts aid to Northern Triangle countries
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
3. March 28, 2019
  POTUS extends period of Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
4. March 28, 2019
  DHS Signs Regional Compact with key Central American Northern Triangle countries
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agencies: CBP DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
5. March 27, 2019
  CBP temporarily reassigns CBP officers to Border Patrol Sectors
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
6. March 23, 2019
  El Paso Border Patrol reportedly closes inland checkpoints and reassigns agents to border
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
7. March 20, 2019
  EOIR relaxes rules on electronic devices in EOIR court space
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
8. March 20, 2019
  CBP reportedly releasing detained noncitizens en masse, citing space constraints
  
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
9. March 20, 2019
  Whistleblower report of inadequate medical treatment in ICE custody
  
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agencies: ICE CRCL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
10. March 19, 2019
  President Trump proposes cutting funding to E-Verify program
  
  Subject Matter: Employment Verification
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Legislation
11. March 15, 2019
  DOL imposes new LCA electronic notice obligations on employers and end-clients
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
12. March 14, 2019
  ICE considers phasing out family detention at Karnes
  
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agencies: ICE ORR
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
13. March 13, 2019
  Press reports widespread ICE violations of warrant signature requirements and erroneous targeting of US citizens
  
  Subject Matter: Interior Sanctuary Restrictions
  
  Agencies: ICE State & Local Entities
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice Data and Reports
14. March 13, 2019
  SSA creates information collection system to track beneficiaries' absences from the U.S. to combat improper payments
  
  Subject Matter: Citizenship Immigrant Visas Humanitarian
  
  Agency: SSA
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
15. March 12, 2019
  USCIS to close most of its international field offices
  
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian Immigrant Visas Citizenship
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
16. March 11, 2019
  White House FY2020 Budget Proposal includes $8.6 billion in border wall funding
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Interior Border
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE USCIS Other
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Legislation
17. March 11, 2019
  DHS & ICE launch Global Trade Task Force to combat smuggling
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
18. March 8, 2019
  DHS extends TPS designation for South Sudan
  
  Subject Matter: TPS
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
19. March 8, 2019
  EOIR Director claims budget woes, gets scolded for not telling Congress
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
20. March 7, 2019
  DHS to share records with Census Bureau to produce citizenship data for 2020 Census
  
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agencies: DHS Other
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
21. March 6, 2019
  CBP secretly targets non-profit immigration lawyers, journalists, and advocates for interrogation at border
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agencies: CBP ICE DHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
22. March 5, 2019
  Border Patrol reports arrests in February 2019 are highest since March 2009
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports
23. March 5, 2019
  Report that HHS plans to ask DOD to identify military bases to house minor migrants
  
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agencies: ORR DOD
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
24. March 1, 2019
  DHS extends TPS documentation for Haiti, Sudan, El Salvador and Nicaragua to January 2, 2020
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: TPS
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
25. March 1, 2019
  USCIS makes unannounced Form I-730 processing changes, referring certain petitions to ICE
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Refugees
  
  Agencies: ICE USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice

February 2019
1. February 26, 2019
  Thousands of migrant youth reported sexual abuse in U.S. immigration detention
  
  Subject Matter: Detention
  
  Agencies: CBP ORR ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports
2. February 26, 2019
  DOL plans to randomize processing of H-2B visa applications, rather than first-come-first-serve
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
3. February 15, 2019
  POTUS declares national emergency to "build the wall" along the southern U.S. border
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agencies: CBP DOD
  
  Status: In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
4. February 15, 2019
  USCIS announces updated guidance for adjudicating spousal petitions involving minors
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Family-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
5. February 15, 2019
  USCIS proposes revision to Form I-508, Waiver of Rights, Privileges, Exemptions and Immunities
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
6. February 15, 2019
  USCIS launches online tip form for reporting allegations of immigration fraud
  
  Subject Matter: Enforcement
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
7. February 14, 2019
  USCIS tightens legal marriage requirement for refugee RE-2 derivative spouses
  
  Subject Matter: Refugees
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
8. February 12, 2019
  ICE issues guidance on Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)
  - Biden administration action
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: ICE EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
9. February 11, 2019
  USCIS requires biometrics for all applicants submitting Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice Forms and Information Collection
10. February 8, 2019
  DHS waives certain environmental regulations to expedite border wall construction in California
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
11. February 8, 2019
  ACF requests comment on a new information collection, Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Program Data
  
  Subject Matter: U/T/VAWA Humanitarian
  
  Agency: HHS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
12. February 5, 2019
  USCIS closes field office in Moscow, Russia
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
13. February 1, 2019
  USCIS requests comment on proposed revisions to Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas Border
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
14. February 1, 2019
  USCIS requests comment on proposed revision to Form N-445, Notice of Naturalization Oath Ceremony
  
  Subject Matter: Naturalization
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
15. February 1, 2019
  USCIS requests comment on proposed revisions to Form N-336, Request for Hearing on a Decision in Naturalization Proceedings
  
  Subject Matter: Naturalization
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection

January 2019
1. January 31, 2019
  USCIS Imposes H-1B Pre-Registration Process for Cap Lottery; Prioritizes Advanced Degree Holders
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Rule
2. January 31, 2019
  DHS and DOS impose visa sanctions on Ghana
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas
  
  Agencies: USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
3. January 29, 2019
  USCIS announces online filing for forms N-600 and N-600K
  
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
4. January 28, 2019
  USCIS issues guidance for implementing Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)
  - Biden administration action
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
5. January 28, 2019
  CBP issues guidance for implementing Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)
  - Biden administration action
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
6. January 28, 2019
  USCIS announces online case status feature for asylum applicants
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
7. January 25, 2019
  DHS issues policy guidance for implementation of Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)
  
  Subject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: CBP EOIR ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
8. January 24, 2019
  Reports of Trump Administration unlawfully detaining and deporting unaccompanied minor asylum-seekers
  
  Subject Matter: Border Minors
  
  Agencies: ORR ICE CBP
  
  Status: Proposed In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
9. January 18, 2019
  DHS identifies countries whose workers are not eligible for H-2A and H-2B visa program
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
10. January 16, 2019
  USCIS updates guidance regarding secure identity documents
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas Citizenship
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
11. January 2, 2019
  Data from USCIS shows declining approvals and higher rates of requests for evidence (RFEs) for several key employer-sponsored nonimmigrant categories
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports
12. January 1, 2019
  USCIS requests transfer of over $200 million to ICE for immigration enforcement purposes
  
  Subject Matter: Interior
  
  Agencies: ICE USCIS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice

December 2018
1. December 28, 2018
  CBP changes medical practices for children in detention centers
  
  Subject Matter: Detention Minors
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
2. December 27, 2018
  USCIS terminates categorical CNMI parole programs
  
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Program Termination
3. December 21, 2018
  EOIR issues guidance on Pereira v. Sessions, announcing changes in NTA filings and case scheduling
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: EOIR USCIS ICE CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
4. December 21, 2018
  EOIR Director sets case completion goals for OCAHO
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
5. December 21, 2018
  USCIS eliminates certain Service Center e-mail addresses
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
6. December 21, 2018
  USCIS seeks comment on proposed revisions of forms related to foreign adoptions
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Family-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
7. December 20, 2018
  DHS announces Migrant Protection Protocols
  - Biden administration action
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
8. December 19, 2018
  HHS rolls back fingerprint requirements for adults living with migrant children
  
  Subject Matter: Minors Interior Border
  
  Agencies: ICE ORR
  
  Status: Rescinded
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
9. December 19, 2018
  EOIR issues IJ guidance on credible fear hearings following Grace v. Whitaker
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: USCIS EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
10. December 19, 2018
  EOIR Director reinforces employees' duty to report suspected fraud in court proceedings
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
11. December 18, 2018
  EOIR Director orders more aggressive reporting of ineffective assistance of counsel and attorney misconduct
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
12. December 17, 2018
  Trump administration reportedly pressures Vietnam to dissolve a 2008 repatriation agreement, which would result in thousands of deportations
  
  Subject Matter: Interior
  
  Agencies: ICE DOS
  
  Status: Reported
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
13. December 17, 2018
  CBP releases interim procedures on notification of a death in custody
  
  Subject Matter: Detention Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
14. December 17, 2018
  ACF seeks approval for extension of the information collection for the Annual Survey of Refugees
  
  Subject Matter: Refugees
  
  Agency: HHS
  
  Status: Proposed
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
15. December 12, 2018
  DHS extends applicability of federal regulations to southern border property under CBP control
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agency: CBP
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
16. December 12, 2018
  USCIS revises guidance on medical certification requirements for English and civics exceptions to naturalization
  
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
17. December 11, 2018
  ICE reports increase in workplace investigations and arrests in 2018
  
  Subject Matter: Interior Workplace Enforcement
  
  Agency: ICE
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
18. December 11, 2018
  USCIS proposes revisions to Form G-639, FOIA/Privacy Act Request
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas Humanitarian
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
19. December 11, 2018
  DOS proposes revision to Form DS-234, Special Immigrant Visa Biodata
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Special Immigrant
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
20. December 7, 2018
  USCIS states which asylum applicants qualify as Rosario v. USCIS class member in context of I-765 adjudications
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: In Regulatory Agenda Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive Rule
21. December 6, 2018
  DOS revises Form DS-3077, Request for Entry into Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program
  
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
22. December 6, 2018
  DOS proposes revisions to Form DS-5506, Local U.S. Citizen Skills/Resources Survey
  
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agency: DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
23. December 3, 2018
  USCIS proposes revision to Form I-881, Application for Suspension of Deportation or Special Rule Cancellation of Removal
  
  Subject Matter: Humanitarian
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection

November 2018
1. November 30, 2018
  ACIJ directs NYC IJs to complete family cases within 365 days
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agencies: ICE EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
2. November 30, 2018
  USCIS revises interview waiver guidance for Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Family-Based Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
3. November 19, 2018
  EOIR Director orders IJs to adjudicate asylum claims within 180 days
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
  
  Agencies: ICE EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
4. November 19, 2018
  DOL explains differences in new revised Form ETA-9035/9035E
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
5. November 16, 2018
  EOIR Director orders courts to track 'family unit' cases, complete them within a year
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
6. November 16, 2018
  USCIS consolidates data on its website into one page entitled Immigration and Citizenship Data
  
  Subject Matter: Citizenship Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas Humanitarian
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Data and Reports
7. November 15, 2018
  USCIS issues guidance on L-1 one-year foreign employment requirement
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
8. November 15, 2018
  USCIS begins requesting biometric information for Form N-565 applicants seeking Naturalization/Citizenship replacement documents
  
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
9. November 13, 2018
  EOIR issues guidance on denying asylum to southern border EWIs
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
10. November 9, 2018
  DOJ and DHS issue interim final rule restricting access to asylum for individuals who enter outside recognized POEs
  - Biden administration action
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
  
  Agencies: USCIS CBP ICE DHS EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Rule
11. November 9, 2018
  POTUS issues Proclamation 9822 suspending entry across southern border outside ports of entry to bar asylum access
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
  
  Agencies: CBP USCIS ICE EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Presidential Orders
12. November 9, 2018
  USCIS announces plans to issue NTA's to certain foreign nationals whose humanitarian petitions or associated adjustment applications are denied
  
  Subject Matter: Refugees U/T/VAWA Humanitarian
  
  Agencies: ICE USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
13. November 9, 2018
  USCIS issues guidance to asylum officers implementing asylum ban proclamation and regulation
  
  Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
14. November 9, 2018
  USCIS amends guidance on suitability of prospective parents for intercountry adoption
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Family-Based Citizenship
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
15. November 8, 2018
  USCIS announces continued implementation of policy memo on NTAs
  
  Subject Matter: Interior
  
  Agencies: USCIS ICE EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
16. November 8, 2018
  EOIR Director issues guidance on new regs implementing the "proclamation-based asylum bar"
  - Biden administration revocation
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
17. November 7, 2018
  EOIR Director to review all standing policy memos, rescinds four OPPMs
  
  Subject Matter: Hearings and Adjudications
  
  Agency: EOIR
  
  Status: Rescinded
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
18. November 6, 2018
  CBP partners with DOD for Operation Secure Line at southwest border
  
  Subject Matter: Border
  
  Agencies: CBP DOD
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
19. November 2, 2018
  USCIS proposes revisions to Form I-407, Record of Abandonment of LPR Status
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection

October 2018
1. October 30, 2018
  DOL updates H-1B labor condition application form
  
  Subject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agencies: USCIS DOL
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
2. October 30, 2018
  USCIS clarifies EB-5 eligibility of redemption agreement-financed investments
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Agency Directive
3. October 30, 2018
  USCIS phases out self-scheduled Infopass appointments
  
  Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas Citizenship
  
  Agency: USCIS
  
  Status: Final/Actual
  
  Type of Action: Change in Practice
4. October 30, 2018
  Reports that President will attempt to void birthright citizenship for children of undocumented parents via Executive Order
  
  Subject Matter: Citizenship
  
  Agency: