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  1. August 2025

    1. August 10, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Asylum applications are dismissed due to omitted credible fear interviews

      Asylum, Withholding and CAT USCISICE Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. August 5, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ICE separates children from parents who refuse to board deportation flights

      InteriorDetentionMinors ICEDHS ReportedFinal/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. July 2025

    1. July 24, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Trump administration deporting DACA recipients

      InteriorDACABorder ICECBP ReportedFinal/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. July 23, 2025 2.0

      Reported: DHS offers voluntary departure to unaccompanied children from noncontiguous countries

      BorderInteriorMinors CBPICEORR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. July 23, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ORR guidelines require in-person meetings with sponsors, Federal law enforcement present

      EnforcementMinors DHSHHS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. June 2025

    1. June 25, 2025 2.0

      Reported: USCIS plans to close pending affirmative asylum applicants' cases and place them in expedited removal proceedings

      InteriorAsylum, Withholding and CAT USCIS ReportedFinal/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

  1. April 2025

    1. 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

    2. April 11, 2025 2.0

      DHS terminates TPS for Cameroon

      TPS USCIS ReportedIn Litigation Program Termination

      Current Status

  1. March 2025

    1. March 28, 2025 2.0

      Reported: FEMA blocks $10B in disaster aid to nonprofits allegedly serving undocumented migrants

      Humanitarian Other ReportedFinal/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. March 19, 2025 2.0

      Reported: State Department will omit sections in its 2025 annual Human Rights Report

      Asylum, Withholding and CAT DOS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. March 15, 2025 2.0

      Reported: DHS detains and pursues removal of active TPS holders

      DetentionInteriorEnforcementTPS ICE ReportedIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. February 2025

    1. February 28, 2025 2.0

      Reported: CBP is holding families in tent facilities for extended periods

      BorderMinorsDetention CBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. February 14, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ICE granted access to Office of Refugee Resettlement unaccompanied minors database

      MinorsBorder ORRHHSDHSICECBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. January 2025

    1. January 27, 2025 2.0

      ICE issues "Unaccompanied Alien Children Joint Initiative Field Implementation" memo

      MinorsEnforcement ORRICEHHS Reported Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. January 24, 2025 2.0

      State Department orders resettlement agencies to stop funded work supporting refugees currently in the U.S.

      RefugeesHumanitarian DOS ReportedIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Agency Directive

      Current Status

    3. January 23, 2025 2.0

      Report: DOS shuts down "Safe Mobility Initiative" offices in Latin America

      HumanitarianNon-Immigrant Visas DOSUSCIS Reported Agency DirectiveProgram Termination

      Current Status

  1. December 2020

    1. December 29, 2020

      ICE further limits asylum relief for children

      Minors ICE Reported Agency DirectiveChange in Practice
  1. October 2020

    1. October 30, 2020

      CBP expelling migrant children from other countries into Mexico

      BorderMinorsAsylum, Withholding and CAT CBP Reported Change in Practice
  1. August 2020

    1. August 20, 2020

      Trump Cabinet officials voted in 2018 White House meeting to separate migrant children

      BorderAsylum, Withholding and CAT DHSDOJ Reported Agency Directive

      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. March 2020

    1. March 19, 2020

      Reported, COVID-19: Trump administration temporarily pausing refugee admissions

      Refugees USCISBureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration ReportedExpired Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect
    2. March 10, 2020

      COVID-19: Unaccompanied children not being held in CA, WA shelters

      Minors CBPORR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect
  1. February 2020

    1. February 5, 2020

      Reported: ICE begins fingerprinting unaccompanied children age 14 and over in ORR facilities

      InteriorMinors ORRICEUSCIS Reported Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. December 2019

    1. December 21, 2019

      Reported: ICE asking immigration courts to reopen DACA recipients' removal cases

      InteriorDACA ICEEOIR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect
    2. December 6, 2019

      Reported: EOIR expands use of "tent courts" along Southern Border

      HumanitarianAsylum, Withholding and CATBorderHearings and Adjudications USCISEOIRCBPICE Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect

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