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  1. July 2025

    1. July 31, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Increase in use of force during immigration enforcement actions

      EnforcementInteriorBorder ICECBPDHS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. July 24, 2025 2.0

      Trump administration deporting DACA recipients

      InteriorDACABorder ICECBP ReportedFinal/ActualIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. 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. April 2025

    1. April 24, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Hundreds detained at Michigan port of entry as a result of wrong turns

      BorderDetention CBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. April 7, 2025 2.0

      CBP detaining and searching privileged records of immigration attorneys

      Border CBP Final/ActualIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. April 2, 2025 2.0

      DHS deports DACA recipient returning with advance parole

      BorderDACA DHSCBP Final/ActualIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. March 2025

    1. March 21, 2025 2.0

      Reported: U.S. limits Canadian access to cross-border library

      Border CBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. March 19, 2025 2.0

      Reported: CBP denies travelers entry because of anti-Trump comments

      Border CBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. March 14, 2025 2.0

      Reported: H-1B visa holder deported despite federal court order prohibiting removal

      DetentionNon-Immigrant Visas: Employment-BasedBorder CBP ReportedIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Change in Practice

      Current Status

    4. March 13, 2025 2.0

      CBP closes temporary processing facilities along southwest border

      Border CBP Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. February 2025

    1. February 28, 2025 2.0

      Reported: CBP is holding families in tent facilities for extended periods

      BorderMinorsDetention CBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. 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

    3. Current Status

  1. January 2025

    1. January 25, 2025 2.0

      Coast Guard conducts noncitizen expulsion flight operations between California and Texas

      Border OtherCBP Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. January 20, 2025 2.0

      CBP ends CBP One scheduling system and cancels appointments

      BorderAsylum, Withholding and CAT CBP Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    3. January 18, 2025

      Report: Trump Administration changes Border Patrol leader to political appointee

      Border CBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. October 2020

    1. October 30, 2020

      CBP expelling migrant children from other countries into Mexico

      BorderMinorsAsylum, Withholding and CAT CBP Reported Change in Practice
    2. October 13, 2020

      Unauthorized CBP operation in Guatemala relocates Honduran migrants to the Guatemala-Honduras border

      BorderAsylum, Withholding and CAT DOSDHSCBP Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect
  1. July 2020

  1. March 2020

    1. March 20, 2020

      COVID-19: US-Canada joint initiative restricts non-essential border crossings

      BorderNon-Immigrant Visas: Visitor CBPDHS Final/ActualRenewedRescinded Change in Practice
    2. March 20, 2020

      COVID-19: US-Mexico joint initiative restricts non-essential border crossings

      BorderNon-Immigrant Visas: Visitor CBPDHS Final/ActualRenewed Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Partially in effect
  1. December 2019

    1. December 6, 2019

      Reported: EOIR expands use of "tent courts" along Southern Border

      HumanitarianAsylum, Withholding and CATBorderHearings and Adjudications USCISEOIRCBPICE Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect
  1. November 2019

    1. November 6, 2019

      DHS begins implementing the Humanitarian Asylum Review Program

      Asylum, Withholding and CATBorderHearings and Adjudications USCISCBPEOIR Final/ActualIn Litigation Change in Practice
  1. October 2019

    1. October 7, 2019

      DHS begins implementing the Prompt Asylum Claim Review program

      Asylum, Withholding and CATBorderDetentionHearings and Adjudications CBPUSCISEOIR Final/ActualIn Litigation Change in Practice
  1. July 2019

    1. July 11, 2019

      US/Canada begin Phase III of Entry/Exit Project

      Border CBP Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect