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  1. April 2026

    1. Current Status

  1. February 2026

    1. February 11, 2026 2.0

      ORR moves pregnant unaccompanied minors to a facility in Texas with restrictions on abortion access

      DetentionMinors ORR ReportedFinal/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

  1. January 2026

    1. January 1, 2026 2.0

      Reported: ORR largely stops releasing minors to sponsors

      Minors ORR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

  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. 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 15, 2025 2.0

      ORR using secure juvenile detention centers to detain unaccompanied migrant teenagers

      MinorsEnforcement ORR ReportedProposedFinal/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

  1. July 2025

    1. July 23, 2025 2.0

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

      BorderInteriorMinors CBPICEORR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. May 2025

    1. May 22, 2025 2.0

      DOJ moves to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement

      MinorsDetention CBPDHSORRHHS Final/ActualIn Litigation Change in PracticeProgram Termination

      Current Status

  1. March 2025

    1. March 21, 2025 2.0

      ORR shortens eligibility period for refugee cash and medical assistance

      Refugees ORR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. March 14, 2025 2.0

      ORR issues field guidance on DNA testing for proof of biological relationship

      Enforcement ORR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. February 2025

    1. 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. December 2020

    1. December 29, 2020

      ACF reorganizes ORR, creates new division

      RefugeesMinors ORR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. March 2020

    1. March 10, 2020

      COVID-19: Unaccompanied children not being held in CA, WA shelters

      Minors CBPORR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect
  1. July 2019

    1. July 1, 2019

      HHS to fund 1,300 more beds in Carrizo Springs, Texas

      BorderDetentionMinors CBPORR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. June 2019

    1. June 28, 2019

      CBP opens temporary facility in Yuma, AZ

      Detention CBPICEORR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    2. June 20, 2019

      CBP expands facility in Donna, TX to hold more unaccompanied children

      Detention CBPICEORR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect
  1. May 2019

    1. May 30, 2019

      HHS cancels funding for recreational activities in unaccompanied minor shelters

      MinorsDetention ORRICE Final/Actual Change in Practice
  1. March 2019

    1. March 14, 2019

      ICE considers phasing out family detention at Karnes

      Detention ICEORR Proposed Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect
    2. March 5, 2019

      Report that HHS plans to ask DOD to identify military bases to house minor migrants

      Detention ORRDOD Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. January 2019

    1. January 24, 2019

      Reports of Trump administration unlawfully detaining and deporting unaccompanied minor asylum-seekers

      BorderMinors ORRICECBP ProposedIn Litigation Change in Practice
  1. September 2018

    1. September 21, 2018

      Report that ICE arrests sponsors of unaccompanied minors

      InteriorMinors ICEORR Reported Change in Practice
  1. June 2018

    1. June 21, 2018

      DOD prepares to house 20,000 unaccompanied minors at military bases

      DetentionMinors ORRDOD Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Partially in effect
    2. June 19, 2018

      DHS reportedly increasing its use of medical records in asylum determinations in children's cases

      MinorsAsylum, Withholding and CATEnforcement USCISICEORR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    3. June 15, 2018

      DHS establishes hotline for separated parents to locate children

      BorderMinors CBPORR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect