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  1. August 2025

    1. 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 18, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Notices to Appear (NTAs) Being Issued to H-1B Visa Holders During 60-Day Grace Period

      Hearings and AdjudicationsNon-Immigrant Visas: Employment-BasedLaborEmployment VerificationEnforcement DHS ReportedFinal/Actual 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

  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 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

    2. 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

    3. 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

    4. 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

  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 rescinds guidance on internet-based immigration hearings

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. February 2025

    1. 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

    2. 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

    3. 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

    4. February 15, 2025 2.0

      Justice Department fires dozens of Immigration Judges

      Hearings and AdjudicationsImmigrant VisasHumanitarian EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    5. 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

    6. 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

    7. 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
    8. 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

    9. 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

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