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  1. September 2025

    1. September 30, 2025 2.0

      DHS reallocates Rail and Transit Security Grant Funds from New York based on alleged sanctuary status

      EnforcementSanctuary Restrictions FEMADHSState & Local Entities In LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. July 2025

    1. July 8, 2025 2.0

      ICE issues memo eliminating bond for all applicants for admission

      Detention EOIRICE Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

  1. June 2025

    1. June 23, 2025 2.0

      DHS detains noncitizens in State of Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" Everglades facility

      Detention FEMAICEState & Local Entities Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. 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 28, 2025 2.0

      EO 14286 "Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for America's Truck Drivers"

      InteriorLabor OtherState & Local Entities Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Presidential Orders

      Current Status

  1. March 2025

    1. Current Status

    2. 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

    3. March 14, 2025 2.0

      Proclamation 10903: "Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua"

      BorderInterior DHSAGDOJ Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    4. March 14, 2025 2.0

      Treasury department to collect information on currency transactions along the southwestern border to combat "illicit finance" by cartels

      Border Other Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. January 2025

    1. January 29, 2025 2.0

      Department of Transportation issues order requiring states and localities to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement for funding

      Sanctuary Restrictions Other Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. 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

    3. January 20, 2025 2.0

      Proclamation 10888: "Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion"

      HumanitarianBorder DHSDOJDOS Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    4. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14165 § 6 directs DHS, DOS, and DOJ to resume the Migrant Protection Protocols

      BorderAsylum, Withholding and CAT DHSDOJDOS Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Presidential Orders

      Current Status

      Partially in effect
    5. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14168 § 4(a) directs DOJ and DHS to ensure males are not held in women's prisons or detention centers

      Detention DOJDHS Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Presidential Orders

      Current Status

  1. October 2020

    1. October 21, 2020

      EOIR and USCIS issue final rule expanding criminal bars to asylum and limiting review of discretionary denials of asylum

      Asylum, Withholding and CATHearings and AdjudicationsInteriorBorder CBPICEUSCISEOIRBureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Rule

      Current Status

      Not in effect
  1. July 2020

    1. July 22, 2020

      COVID-19: ICE detains immigrant children in private hotels pending Title 42 expulsion

      MinorsDetention ICE ReportedIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Change in PracticeData and Reports

      Current Status

      Not in effect
  1. June 2020

    1. June 4, 2020

      ICE begins testing all incoming detainees for COVID-19

      Detention ICE Final/ActualEnjoined/Vacated Change in Practice
  1. August 2019

    1. August 23, 2019

      Final Rule terminating Flores Agreement on detention of migrant children

      DetentionMinors ICEUSCISCBPORR Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Rule
  1. July 2019

    1. July 16, 2019

      DHS and DOJ issue joint third country asylum rule

      Asylum, Withholding and CATBorder ICEEOIRUSCISCBP Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Rule
  1. May 2019

    1. May 2, 2019

      Border Patrol agents will conduct and decide credible fear claims

      BorderAsylum, Withholding and CAT CBPUSCIS Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect
  1. November 2018

    1. November 9, 2018

      DOJ and DHS issue interim final rule restricting access to asylum for individuals who enter outside recognized POEs

      Asylum, Withholding and CATBorder USCISCBPICEDHSEOIR Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Rule
    2. November 9, 2018

      POTUS issues Proclamation 9822 suspending entry across southern border outside ports of entry to bar asylum access

      Asylum, Withholding and CATBorder CBPUSCISICEEOIR Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Presidential Orders

      Current Status

      Not in effect
    3. November 9, 2018

      USCIS issues guidance to asylum officers implementing asylum ban proclamation and regulation

      Asylum, Withholding and CATBorder USCIS Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Not in effect
  1. July 2018

    1. July 20, 2018

      DOJ issues FY18 solicitation for Byrne JAG grants with new "conditions"

      Sanctuary Restrictions DOJState & Local Entities Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Not in effect