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  1. August 2025

    1. August 22, 2025 2.0

      EOIR issues Policy Memorandum 25-42, setting guidelines for adjudicatory independence

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. August 22, 2025 2.0

      USCIS to resume personal investigations of immigrants applying for naturalization

      Naturalization USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    3. August 21, 2025 2.0

      Reported: DOS flags 55 million visas for potential violations

      Non-Immigrant VisasImmigrant Visas DOS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    4. August 20, 2025 2.0

      USCIS Updates Policy on False Claim to U.S. Citizenship

      NaturalizationEnforcement USCISICECBP Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    5. August 19, 2025 2.0

      DHS partners with the State of Nebraska to build the "Cornhusker Clink" for ICE detention

      Detention ICE Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    6. August 19, 2025 2.0

      EOIR expands dedicated docket

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    7. August 18, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Arizona Attorney General Limits ICE Access to Financial Records

      DetentionEnforcement ICEDHSState & Local Entities ReportedFinal/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    8. August 16, 2025 2.0

      DOS pauses all visitor visas for Palestinians

      Non-Immigrant Visas: VisitorNon-Immigrant Visas DOS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    9. August 15, 2025 2.0

      USCIS announces more rigorous standard to evaluate good moral character for naturalization

      Naturalization USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    10. August 14, 2025 2.0

      AG Bondi issues order suspending DC laws limiting MPD cooperation with immigration enforcement

      EnforcementInteriorSanctuary Restrictions State & Local EntitiesICEDHSOtherDOD Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

    11. August 14, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Florida to open second migrant-detention center, "Deportation Depot"

      DetentionEnforcement ICEDHSState & Local Entities Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    12. 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

    13. 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

    14. August 8, 2025 2.0

      Reported: DHS to begin interviewing unaccompanied minors in HHS custody

      Minors DHSORR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    15. Current Status

    16. 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

    17. 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

    18. 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

    19. August 5, 2025 2.0

      DOJ proposes revisions to applications for cancellation of removal forms, EOIR-42A and EOIR-42B

      Enforcement EOIRDOJ Comment Period Forms and Information Collection

      Current Status

    20. 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

    21. August 5, 2025 2.0

      Reported: DHS reassigns more than 100 FEMA employees to ICE

      Enforcement DHSICEFEMA Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    22. 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

    23. 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

    24. 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
    25. 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