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  1. November 2025

    1. November 5, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ICE plans to open a call center to track migrant children

      Minors ICEORR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. October 2025

    1. October 1, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ICE issues interim guidance on age-out custody determinations

      Minors ICE Reported Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. August 2025

    1. August 29, 2025 2.0

      Trump administration seeks repatriation of unaccompanied Central American children without TVPRA protections

      Minors ICEORRDOJHHS Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. August 8, 2025 2.0

      Reported: DHS to begin interviewing unaccompanied minors in HHS custody

      Minors DHSORR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. 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 23, 2025 2.0

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

      BorderInteriorMinors CBPICEORR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. 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

    3. July 18, 2025 2.0

      USCIS immigration fees required by HR-1 Reconciliation Bill

      Asylum, Withholding and CATRefugeesTPSImmigrant Visas: Special ImmigrantMinors DHSUSCIS Final/Actual Agency DirectiveRule

      Current Status

    4. July 4, 2025 2.0

      Trump administration implements new fees authorized by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

      EnforcementHumanitarianAsylum, Withholding and CATMinorsTPSImmigrant VisasNon-Immigrant VisasHearings and Adjudications DHSICEUSCISEOIR Final/Actual Legislation

      Current Status

    5. July 2, 2025 2.0

      ICE issues directive regarding detention and removal of noncitizen parents and legal guardians of minor children

      Minors ICE Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

  1. May 2025

    1. May 22, 2025 2.0

      DOJ moves to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement

      MinorsDetention CBPDHSORRHHS Final/ActualIn Litigation Change in PracticeProgram Termination

      Current Status

  1. March 2025

    1. 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

    3. February 12, 2025 2.0

      CBP Orders Collection of Biometric Data of Noncitizen Children Under 14 Encountered Between Ports of Entry

      BorderEnforcementMinors CBP Final/Actual Agency Directive

      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 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159 § 18(b) directs DOJ, HHS, and DHS to stop trafficking and smuggling of children into the US

      MinorsBorder DHSAGDOJHHS Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

  1. December 2020

    1. December 29, 2020

      ICE further limits asylum relief for children

      Minors ICE Reported Agency DirectiveChange in Practice
  1. November 2020

    1. November 10, 2020

      DHS OIG issues report on major management and performance challenges facing DHS

      EnforcementMinors DHS Final/Actual Data and Reports

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  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. 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 20, 2020

      COVID-19: CDC order under Title 42 authorizes CBP expulsion of persons arriving by land from Mexico or Canada without valid documents

      BorderAsylum, Withholding and CATMinors CBPDHSCDC Final/ActualIn LitigationRenewed Agency Directive
    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. January 2020

    1. January 14, 2020

      State Department clarifies adoption policies for non-citizens living in the United States

      Minors USCISDOS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect