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  1. November 2025

    1. November 5, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ICE plans to open a call center to track migrant children

      Minors ICEORR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. October 2025

    1. October 15, 2025 2.0

      DHS announces implementation of parole fee required by HR-1 Reconciliation Bill

      HumanitarianDetention DHSICECBPUSCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

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    3. October 1, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ICE issues interim guidance on age-out custody determinations

      Minors ICE Reported Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. September 2025

    1. September 2, 2025 2.0

      AG Bondi issues Matter of S-S-F-M-, restricting asylum claims based on domestic violence

      Hearings and AdjudicationsAsylum, Withholding and CAT AGUSCISEOIRICE Final/Actual Adjudication

      Current Status

    2. September 2, 2025 2.0

      AG Bondi issues Matter of R-E-R-M- & J-D-R-M-, narrowing family-based PSGs

      Asylum, Withholding and CAT ICEAGEOIRUSCIS Final/Actual Adjudication

      Current Status

  1. August 2025

    1. August 29, 2025 2.0

      Trump administration seeks repatriation of unaccompanied Central American children without TVPRA protections

      Minors ICEORRDOJHHS Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. 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

    3. 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

  1. July 2025

    1. July 24, 2025 2.0

      Trump administration deporting DACA recipients

      InteriorDACABorder ICECBP ReportedFinal/ActualIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. July 23, 2025 2.0

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

      BorderInteriorMinors CBPICEORR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. July 4, 2025 2.0

      Trump administration implements new fees authorized by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

      EnforcementHumanitarianAsylum, Withholding and CATMinorsTPSImmigrant VisasNon-Immigrant VisasHearings and Adjudications DHSICEUSCISEOIR Final/Actual Legislation

      Current Status

    4. July 2, 2025 2.0

      ICE issues directive regarding detention and removal of noncitizen parents and legal guardians of minor children

      Minors ICE Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

  1. March 2025

    1. Current Status

    2. March 24, 2025 2.0

      Salvadoran man granted withholding of removal mistakenly deported to El Salvador due to “administrative error"

      EnforcementAsylum, Withholding and CAT ICEDHSDOS Final/ActualIn Litigation Adjudication

      Current Status

    3. March 15, 2025 2.0

      Reported: DHS detains and pursues removal of active TPS holders

      DetentionInteriorEnforcementTPS ICE ReportedIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. February 2025

    1. February 18, 2025 2.0

      ICE directs ERO officers to consider expedited removal for large categories of noncitizens

      BorderInteriorEnforcementHumanitarian ICE Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. February 18, 2025 2.0

      ICE directs review of non-detained docket for redetention and removal

      DetentionInteriorAsylum, Withholding and CAT ICE Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

    3. February 14, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ICE granted access to Office of Refugee Resettlement unaccompanied minors database

      MinorsBorder ORRHHSDHSICECBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. January 2025

    1. January 27, 2025 2.0

      ICE issues "Unaccompanied Alien Children Joint Initiative Field Implementation" memo

      MinorsEnforcement ORRICEHHS Reported Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. January 23, 2025 2.0

      DHS provides guidance for use of expanded expedited removal, including for parolees

      EnforcementInteriorHumanitarianAsylum, Withholding and CAT DHSCBPICEUSCIS Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

    3. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14165 § 7(c) directs DHS to align southern border policies (including parole) with § 2 of EO

      BorderHumanitarianDetention DHSCBPICE Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    4. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159 § 15 directs ICE to reinstate the VOICE Office to “Address Victims of Crimes Committed by Removable Aliens”

      EnforcementInteriorHumanitarian DHSICE Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

  1. December 2020

    1. December 29, 2020

      ICE further limits asylum relief for children

      Minors ICE Reported Agency DirectiveChange in Practice
  1. November 2020