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  1. August 2025

    1. August 10, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Asylum applications are dismissed due to omitted credible fear interviews

      Asylum, Withholding and CAT USCISICE Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. August 8, 2025 2.0

      USCIS revises age calculation under the Child Status Protection Act for adjustment of status applications

      Immigrant Visas: Family-BasedImmigrant Visas: Employment-Based USCISDOS Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. August 8, 2025 2.0

      Reported: DHS to begin interviewing unaccompanied minors in HHS custody

      Minors DHSORR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    4. August 8, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director issues guidance on audio recording and transcription

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual

      Current Status

    5. August 8, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director issues guidance regarding deadlines and issuance of IJ decisions

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual

      Current Status

    6. August 8, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director issues guidance on the use of generative AI in EOIR proceedings

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    7. Current Status

    8. August 6, 2025 2.0

      ICE notices intent to sole-source iris-scanning app and database

      Interior ICE Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    9. August 5, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ICE separates children from parents who refuse to board deportation flights

      InteriorDetentionMinors ICEDHS ReportedFinal/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    10. August 5, 2025 2.0

      State Department requires bonds for tourism and business visas

      Non-Immigrant Visas: VisitorNon-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based Bureau of Consular AffairsDOSDHS Final/Actual Rule

      Current Status

    11. August 5, 2025 2.0

      DOJ proposes revisions to Application for Cancellation of Removal forms, EOIR-42A and EOIR-42B

      Enforcement EOIRDOJ Proposed Forms and Information Collection

      Current Status

    12. August 5, 2025 2.0

      DHS partners with Indiana to use "Speedway Slammer" state prison for ICE detention

      DetentionInterior ICEDHS Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    13. August 5, 2025 2.0

      Reported: DHS reassigns more than 100 FEMA employees to ICE

      Enforcement DHSICEFEMA Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    14. August 5, 2025 2.0

      State Department proposes requiring diversity-visa applicants to verify passports

      Immigrant Visas: Diversity DOSBureau of Consular Affairs Proposed Rule

      Current Status

    15. August 4, 2025 2.0

      USCIS restricts visa eligibility for transgender athletes

      Immigrant VisasNon-Immigrant Visas: VisitorNon-Immigrant Visas USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    16. August 1, 2025 2.0

      USCIS expands interview criteria for refugee and asylee adjustment of status applications

      RefugeesAsylum, Withholding and CATImmigrant Visas: Family-Based Bureau of Population, Refugees, and MigrationUSCIS Final/Actual Change in PracticeForms and Information Collection

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    17. August 1, 2025 2.0

      USCIS issues new Policy Manual language on family-based immigrant visa petitions

      Immigrant Visas: Family-Based USCIS Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

  1. July 2025

    1. July 31, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Uses of force increase during immigration-enforcement actions

      EnforcementInteriorBorder ICECBPDHS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. July 31, 2025 2.0

      State Department sanctions officials of the Palestinian Authority and members of the Palestine Liberation Organization

      Non-Immigrant VisasImmigrant Visas DOS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    3. July 25, 2025 2.0

      USCIS proposes revisions to Form G-28 to disallow paralegal designation

      Immigrant VisasNon-Immigrant Visas USCIS ProposedComment Period Forms and Information Collection

      Current Status

    4. Current Status

    5. July 24, 2025 2.0

      Trump administration deporting DACA recipients

      InteriorDACABorder ICECBP ReportedFinal/ActualIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

    6. July 23, 2025 2.0

      Department of Education opens inquiry into universities over DACA scholarships

      CitizenshipDACA Other Final/Actual Adjudication

      Current Status

    7. July 23, 2025 2.0

      DOS opens new investigation into Harvard’s use of international visas

      Non-Immigrant Visas DOS Final/Actual

      Current Status

    8. July 23, 2025 2.0

      Reported: DHS offers voluntary departure to unaccompanied children from noncontiguous countries

      BorderInteriorMinors CBPICEORR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status