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  1. April 2025

    1. April 17, 2025 2.0

      EOIR proposes electronic Recognition and Accreditation Program application and records system

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIRUSCISDOJ ProposedIn Regulatory Agenda Change in PracticeForms and Information Collection

      Current Status

    2. April 5, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Senior DOJ immigration lawyer placed on indefinite leave after questioning erroneous deportation

      EnforcementInteriorHearings and Adjudications DOJEOIR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. February 2025

    1. February 28, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director issues PM 25-24 to reset adjudicator personnel hiring and discipline policies

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    2. February 14, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director reinstates 30-day filing deadline for non-detained cases

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. January 2025

    1. January 31, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director Orders "Fair Treatment" for OCAHO

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. January 31, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director Reinstates Trump Memo on Child Advocates

      Hearings and AdjudicationsMinors EOIRHHS Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. January 31, 2025 2.0

      EOIR's Office of Legal Access Programs Condemned as "Wasteful"

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    4. January 30, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director Reinstates Trump 1.0 Memo on Fees

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    5. January 28, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director authorizes ICE enforcement actions in EOIR space

      Interior ICECBPEOIR Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    6. Current Status

  1. December 2020

    1. December 10, 2020

      EOIR Director rescinds and replaces OPPMs on pro bono representation

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice
    2. December 4, 2020

      EOIR Director modifies asylum processing and asylum clock, rescinds two OPPMs

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice
    3. December 1, 2020

      EOIR Director creates master calendar rules specifically for non-detained, represented cases

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

      Partially in effect
  1. November 2020

    1. November 2, 2020

      IJ union decertified

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR In Litigation Change in Practice
  1. August 2020

    1. August 21, 2020

      USCIS updates its policy manual with guidance on terminating asylee status at adjustment of status

      Asylum, Withholding and CAT USCISICEEOIR Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    2. August 3, 2020

      EOIR authorizes use of settlement officers in OCAHO cases

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. June 2020

    1. June 9, 2020

      DOJ "reassigns" pre-Trump BIA judges

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. May 2020

    1. May 27, 2020

      Reported: DOJ offers financial incentives to pre-Trump BIA judges to retire or resign

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    2. May 15, 2020

      COVID-19: EOIR postpones hearings for non-detained cases

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Change in Practice
  1. April 2020

    1. April 3, 2020

      EOIR begins accepting digital and electronic signatures

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. March 2020

    1. March 23, 2020

      COVID-19: DHS and EOIR jointly announce rescheduling of MPP hearings

      Asylum, Withholding and CATHearings and Adjudications ICEEOIR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Partially in effect
    2. March 6, 2020

      ICE requests redeployment of 500 HSI agents to increase arrests and surveillance in sanctuary cities

      InteriorSanctuary Restrictions ICECBPEOIRDHS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect
  1. February 2020

    1. February 20, 2020

      Update to Immigration Court Practice Manual imposes page limit on pre-trial briefs

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    2. February 13, 2020

      EOIR Director modifies adjournment, call up, and case identification codes

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/ActualRescinded Agency DirectiveChange in Practice
  1. December 2019

    1. December 21, 2019

      Reported: ICE asking immigration courts to reopen DACA recipients' removal cases

      InteriorDACA ICEEOIR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect

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