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  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

  1. March 2025

    1. March 22, 2025 2.0

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

      Hearings and Adjudications DHSDOJ Final/Actual Agency DirectivePresidential Orders

      Current Status

    2. 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

    3. 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 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

      Reported: Justice Department Fired 20 Immigration Judges

      Hearings and AdjudicationsImmigrant VisasHumanitarian EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    5. 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

    6. 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
    7. 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

    8. 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

    9. 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 30, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director Issues Guidance on Laken Riley Act

      DetentionHearings and Adjudications DHSEOIRAG Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. January 29, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director Reinstates Trump Memo on Pro Bono Representation

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    3. January 29, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director Rescinds Guidance on DHS "Prosecutorial Discretion"

      Hearings and Adjudications DHSEOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    4. January 29, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director Reinstates Trump Guidelines for Children's Cases

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    5. January 28, 2025 2.0

      EOIR's Resurrected Policy Manual Omits Service through ECAS

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    6. January 27, 2025 2.0

      Acting EOIR Director issues PM 25-04 rescinding PM 21-16 and attacking BIA management

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    7. January 27, 2025 2.0

      Acting EOIR Director issues PM 25-02 to restore EOIR "core values" and Policy Manual

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    8. January 22, 2025 2.0

      DOJ orders federally funded legal service providers to stop work on legal aid programs

      Hearings and Adjudications DOJ ReportedIn LitigationRescinded Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Not in effect
  1. January 2021

    1. January 13, 2021

      EOIR announces interactive Policy Manual to access BIA and Immigration Court Practice Manuals

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Partially in effect
    2. January 12, 2021

      EOIR Director issues policy memo on rulemakings and federal court orders

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    3. January 8, 2021

      EOIR Director issues guidance to restrict continuances

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

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