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  1. August 2025

    1. August 14, 2025 2.0

      AG Bondi issues order suspending DC laws limiting MPD cooperation with immigration enforcement

      EnforcementInteriorSanctuary Restrictions State & Local EntitiesICEDHSOtherDOD Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. July 2025

    1. July 21, 2025 2.0

      State Department initiates deportation of lawful permanent residents with alleged ties to Haitian terrorist group

      Interior Bureau of Population, Refugees, and MigrationICEDOS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. June 2025

    1. June 7, 2025 2.0

      President Trump federalizes State National Guard units to support immigration enforcement actions

      Interior ICEDOD Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Agency DirectivePresidential Orders

      Current Status

  1. May 2025

    1. May 20, 2025 2.0

      ICE arrests and detains noncitizens attending immigration-court hearings

      EnforcementInteriorDetentionHearings and Adjudications ICEEOIR Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

  1. April 2025

    1. April 10, 2025 2.0

      ICE issues policy on considering U.S. military service during civil immigration-enforcement actions

      InteriorEnforcementNaturalization ICEDHSDOD Final/Actual Agency Directive

      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 1, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ICE aims to lower detention standards to increase the use of state and local jails

      DetentionInterior ICEState & Local Entities Reported Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

  1. January 2025

    1. January 31, 2025 2.0

      ICE eliminates requirement to look for evidence of crime victims for enforcement discretion or immigration relief

      InteriorEnforcement ICE Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. 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

    3. January 26, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Administration officials direct ICE to increase arrests to meet daily quotas

      InteriorEnforcement ICE ReportedIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

    4. 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

    5. January 22, 2025 2.0

      ICE issues guidance for civil immigration enforcement in or near courthouses

      Interior ICE Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    6. January 21, 2025 2.0

      DHS Rescinds and Supersedes Guidelines for Enforcement Actions in or Near Protected Areas

      BorderInterior DHSICECBP Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. January 2021

    1. January 19, 2021

      DHS signs labor agreement with AFGE National ICE Council 118, ceding unprecedented policy power to union

      EnforcementDetentionInterior ICE Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice
  1. October 2020

    1. October 2, 2020

      ICE puts up billboards in Pennsylvania featuring "at-large immigration violators"

      InteriorSanctuary Restrictions ICE Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Not in effect
  1. June 2020

    1. June 26, 2020

      Trump Administration designates ICE a "security/sensitive" agency

      Interior ICE Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. February 2020

    1. February 5, 2020

      Reported: ICE begins fingerprinting unaccompanied children age 14 and over in ORR facilities

      InteriorMinors ORRICEUSCIS Reported Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. October 2019

    1. Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. July 2019

  1. May 2019

    1. May 9, 2019

      ICE signs new contract with iPhone hacking company

      InteriorBorder CBPICE Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    2. May 6, 2019

      ICE launches Warrant Service Officer program, empowering local law enforcement

      InteriorSanctuary Restrictions ICE Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. November 2018

    1. November 8, 2018

      USCIS announces continued implementation of policy memo on NTAs

      Interior USCISICEEOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. June 2018

    1. June 28, 2018

      USCIS expands grounds for issuance of NTAs

      InteriorHearings and AdjudicationsImmigrant VisasNon-Immigrant Visas ICEUSCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive
  1. April 2018

    1. April 13, 2018

      ICE checking criminal backgrounds of each adult in the household of unaccompanied minors' sponsors

      InteriorMinorsBorder CBPICEORR Final/Actual Agency Directive