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  1. August 2025

    1. August 22, 2025 2.0

      EOIR issues Policy Memorandum 25-42, setting guidelines for adjudicatory independence

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. August 19, 2025 2.0

      EOIR expands dedicated docket

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

  1. July 2025

    1. July 16, 2025 2.0

      Reported: DHS pursues expedited removal concurrently with ongoing removal proceedings

      InteriorHearings and Adjudications ICEEOIR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. July 15, 2025 2.0

      Reported: IJs Allow ICE Attorneys Not to Identify Themselves in Immigration Court

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIRICE ReportedFinal/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. July 3, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director issues PM 25-34 to provide guidance regarding conflicting BIA precedents

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    4. July 1, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Trump approves using National Guard JAG Corps officers as immigration judges at Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" facility

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR ReportedFinal/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. June 2025

    1. June 27, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director issues PM 25-33 to remind immigration judges of their neutrality obligations

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. June 21, 2025 2.0

      DOJ Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) approves charging immigrants for eluding examination or inspection anywhere in the U.S.

      Hearings and AdjudicationsEnforcement DOJ Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    3. June 3, 2025 2.0

      EOIR proposes updates to Forms EOIR-60 and 61 regarding limited appearances for document assistance

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR ProposedComment Period Forms and Information Collection

      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

    2. May 5, 2025 2.0

      DOJ circulates notices in EOIR immigration courts urging self-deportation

      EnforcementHearings and Adjudications EOIRICE Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. April 2025

    1. April 25, 2025 2.0

      DOJ arrests Milwaukee judge for allegedly obstructing arrest of a noncitizen

      InteriorHearings and Adjudications DOJDHS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. April 25, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director issues PM 25-30 to replace OPPM on change of venue requests

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    3. April 25, 2025 2.0

      DOJ and DHS terminate the National Qualified Representative Program

      Hearings and AdjudicationsHumanitarian DHSDOJ ReportedIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

    4. April 21, 2025 2.0

      Reported: DOJ grants DOGE access to ECAS data

      EnforcementHearings and Adjudications DOJOther Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    5. April 18, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director issues PM 25-29 to restrict use of administrative closure

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    6. April 17, 2025 2.0

      EOIR proposes electronic Recognition and Accreditation Program application and records system

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIRUSCISDOJ ProposedIn Regulatory Agenda Change in PracticeForms and Information Collection

      Current Status

    7. April 11, 2025 2.0

      DOJ issues interim final rule reducing the size of the BIA to 15 members

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Comment PeriodFinal/Actual Rule

      Current Status

    8. April 5, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Senior DOJ immigration lawyer placed on indefinite leave after questioning erroneous deportation

      EnforcementInteriorHearings and Adjudications DOJEOIR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. March 2025

    1. March 22, 2025 2.0

      President issues memoranda targeting immigration lawyers with sanctions for alleged misconduct

      Hearings and Adjudications DHSDOJ Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    2. March 22, 2025 2.0

      Presidential Memorandum: "Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court"

      Hearings and Adjudications DHSDOJ Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency DirectivePresidential Orders

      Current Status

    3. March 21, 2025 2.0

      EOIR issues Policy Memorandum 25-27 restricting use of the status docket

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    4. March 14, 2025 2.0

      EOIR proposes changes to Form EOIR-31, Recognition of a Non-Profit Religious, Charitable, Social Service, or Similar Organization

      Hearings and AdjudicationsHumanitarian EOIR ProposedComment Period Forms and Information Collection

      Current Status

    5. March 14, 2025 2.0

      EOIR proposes changes to Form EOIR-31A, Request by Organization for Accreditation or Renewal of Accreditation of Non-Attorney Representative

      HumanitarianHearings and Adjudications EOIR ProposedComment Period Forms and Information Collection

      Current Status

    6. March 14, 2025 2.0

      EOIR rescinds guidance on internet-based immigration hearings

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

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