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December 31, 2020
Border
CDC CBP
Final/Actual
Agency Directive
December 23, 2020
Asylum, Withholding and CAT
USCIS CBP DHS EOIR
Final/Actual
Rule
December 11, 2020
Asylum, Withholding and CAT
CBP USCIS EOIR
Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined/Vacated
Rule
November 19, 2020
Border
CBP
Proposed
Rule
October 30, 2020
Border Minors Asylum, Withholding and CAT
CBP
Reported
Change in Practice
October 21, 2020
Asylum, Withholding and CAT Hearings and Adjudications Interior Border
CBP ICE USCIS EOIR Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined/Vacated
Rule
September 25, 2020
Non-Immigrant Visas: Student Non-Immigrant Visas
DHS CBP
Proposed
Rule
September 9, 2020
Border
CBP
Proposed
Rule
July 28, 2020
DACA
CBP ICE USCIS
Final/Actual In Litigation
Agency Directive
July 2, 2020
Border
CBP
Final/Actual
Change in Practice
May 28, 2020
Enforcement
CBP TSA Bureau of Consular Affairs
Rescinded
Change in Practice
May 11, 2020
Non-Immigrant Visas
CBP USCIS
Final/Actual Replaced
Rule
April 22, 2020
Immigrant Visas Border Non-Immigrant Visas
CBP USCIS DOS
Final/Actual
Presidential Orders
April 22, 2020
CBP
Rescinded
Agency Directive
March 20, 2020
Border Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor
CBP DHS
Final/Actual Renewed Rescinded
Change in Practice
March 20, 2020
Border Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor
CBP DHS
Final/Actual Renewed
Change in Practice
March 20, 2020
Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT Minors
CBP DHS CDC
Final/Actual In Litigation Renewed
Agency Directive
March 20, 2020
Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
CBP CDC
Final/Actual
Agency Directive
March 19, 2020
Enforcement
CBP TSA
Rescinded
Change in Practice
March 17, 2020
Enforcement
CBP TSA
Rescinded
Change in Practice
March 4, 2020
Enforcement
CBP TSA
Rescinded
Change in Practice
February 10, 2020
Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas Naturalization
CBP USCIS
Proposed
Forms and Information Collection
February 4, 2020
Enforcement
CBP TSA
Rescinded
Change in Practice
January 31, 2020
Immigrant Visas
CBP USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
Final/Actual
Presidential Orders
November 19, 2019
Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
EOIR USCIS CBP DOS
Final/Actual In Litigation
Rule
November 6, 2019
Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border Hearings and Adjudications
USCIS CBP EOIR
Final/Actual In Litigation
Change in Practice
October 7, 2019
Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border Detention Hearings and Adjudications
CBP USCIS EOIR
Final/Actual In Litigation
Change in Practice
October 4, 2019
Immigrant Visas
CBP USCIS Bureau of Consular Affairs
In Litigation
Presidential Orders
September 25, 2019
Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
CBP USCIS DOJ
Final/Actual In Litigation
Agency Directive
September 20, 2019
Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT
DOJ USCIS CBP
Final/Actual In Litigation Rescinded
Agency Directive
September 3, 2019
Border
CBP DOD
Final/Actual In Litigation Rescinded
Agency Directive
August 23, 2019
Detention Minors
ICE USCIS CBP ORR
Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined/Vacated
Rule
August 19, 2019
Humanitarian Employment Verification Enforcement
CBP ICE USCIS
Final/Actual
Agency Directive
July 26, 2019
Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
DOJ CBP USCIS
Final/Actual In Litigation
Agency Directive
July 16, 2019
Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
ICE EOIR USCIS CBP
Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined/Vacated
Rule
July 1, 2019
Border
CBP DHS
Final/Actual
Agency Directive
May 28, 2019
Detention Border
CBP ICE
Final/Actual
Agency Directive
May 24, 2019
Border Detention
CBP
Reported
Agency Directive
March 11, 2019
Interior Border
CBP ICE USCIS Other
Proposed
Legislation
February 15, 2019
Border
CBP DOD
In Litigation
Presidential Orders
January 28, 2019
Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
CBP USCIS
Final/Actual In Litigation
Agency Directive
January 28, 2019
Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
CBP USCIS
Final/Actual In Litigation
Agency Directive
January 24, 2019
Border Minors
ORR ICE CBP
Proposed In Litigation
Change in Practice
December 21, 2018
Hearings and Adjudications
EOIR USCIS ICE CBP
Final/Actual
Change in Practice
December 20, 2018
Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
CBP USCIS ICE
Final/Actual In Litigation
Agency Directive Change in Practice
November 9, 2018
Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
USCIS CBP ICE DHS EOIR
Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined/Vacated
Rule
September 24, 2018
Enforcement
CBP
Final/Actual
Forms and Information Collection
July 11, 2018
Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
CBP USCIS DHS
Reported
Change in Practice
July 10, 2018
Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor
CBP Bureau of Consular Affairs
Final/Actual
Agency Directive
June 21, 2018
Border
CBP ICE EOIR ORR DOD
Final/Actual
Agency Directive
Glossary
Policies by Current Status
Reflects degree to which the Trump-era policy remains in effect today.
Fully in Effect
Trump-era policies that have not been altered or eliminated.
Partially in effect
Policies that have not been fully eliminated but are not in effect in their original substance. They may have been amended, updated with changes, or eliminated or enjoined in some jurisdictions or with respect to some affected parties but not others.
Not in effect
Policies that have expired or been fully rescinded, replaced, enjoined, etc., or that were proposed but never were finalized.
Action on Policies by
Indicates the entity that caused the action reflected in Type of Action. "Others" may include the Trump administration, Congress, unions, etc.--i.e., any actor other than the courts or the Biden Administration.
Type of Action Affecting Trump-era Policies
Indicates the process or action by which a policy ceased to be in effect or became partially in effect. If no such action or process has take place, or if the policy has been ratified, it is fully in effect.