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  1. April 2025

    1. April 15, 2025 2.0

      Presidential Memorandum: "Preventing Illegal Aliens From Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits"

      EnforcementHearings and Adjudications SSAHHSDOL Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    2. 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

    3. April 11, 2025 2.0

      Trump administration allows contract with Acacia Center for Justice, provider of legal services for unaccompanied migrant children, to expire

      Hearings and AdjudicationsEnforcement ICEOtherORR In Litigation Adjudication

      Current Status

    4. 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 21, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ICE's 'No Release Policy' Is Back In Effect in New York

      Hearings and AdjudicationsDetention ICE ReportedIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

    5. 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

    6. 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

    7. March 14, 2025 2.0

      EOIR rescinds guidance on internet-based immigration hearings

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. February 2025

    1. February 28, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director issues PM 25-24 to reset adjudicator personnel hiring and discipline policies

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    2. February 24, 2025 2.0

      DOJ drops lawsuit against SpaceX for discriminatory hiring practices against immigrants

      LaborHearings and AdjudicationsRefugees DOJEOIR Final/ActualIn Litigation Adjudication

      Current Status

    3. February 21, 2025 2.0

      EOIR announces removal restrictions may not apply to judges and agency leaders

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    4. February 20, 2025 2.0

      Acting Director of EOIR issues Policy Memo limiting the Access EOIR Initiative

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    5. February 15, 2025 2.0

      DOJ fires dozens of Immigration Judges

      Hearings and AdjudicationsImmigrant VisasHumanitarian EOIR Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

    6. February 14, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director reinstates 30-day filing deadline for non-detained cases

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    7. February 7, 2025 2.0

      President Trump fires Special Counsel and MSPB board members with jurisdiction over IJ-firing appeals

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/ActualIn Litigation Change in PracticePresidential Orders

      Current Status

    8. February 6, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director rescinds guidance on language access in immigration court

      Hearings and AdjudicationsAsylum, Withholding and CAT EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    9. February 4, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director axes Friends of the Court

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    10. February 3, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director reinstates policy directing IJs to adjudicate asylum claims within 180 days

      Asylum, Withholding and CATHearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    11. February 3, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director reinstates restrictive rules on asylum processing and clock

      Asylum, Withholding and CATHearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    12. February 3, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director reinstates guidance to restrict continuances

      Asylum, Withholding and CATHearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. January 2025

    1. January 31, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director Orders "Fair Treatment" for OCAHO

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. January 31, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director Reinstates Trump Memo on Child Advocates

      Hearings and AdjudicationsMinors EOIRHHS Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status