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  1. February 2025

    1. February 7, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ICE utilizing federal prisons for immigration detention

      DetentionEnforcement ICEDOJ Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. February 6, 2025 2.0

      EO: "Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies"

      DHSDOJDOSHHS Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    3. 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

    4. February 5, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director directs employees "to cooperate fully" with Anti-Fraud Program

      Asylum, Withholding and CAT EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    5. February 5, 2025 2.0

      DOJ issues "Sanctuary Jurisdiction Directives" Memorandum

      InteriorSanctuary Restrictions DOJAG Final/Actual Agency Directive

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    8. February 5, 2025 2.0

      DOJ "Sanctuary Jurisdiction Directives" § I aims to tie DOJ funding for state and local jurisdictions to immigration enforcement compliance

      InteriorSanctuary Restrictions DOJAG Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

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    11. 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
    12. 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

    13. 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

    14. 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

    15. February 1, 2025 2.0

      EO 14193: "Imposing Duties To Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border"

      Border DHSDOSAG Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

      Not in effect
    16. February 1, 2025 2.0

      EO 14194: "Imposing Duties To Address the Situation at Our Southern Border"

      Border DHSDOSAG Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

      Not in effect
  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

    3. January 31, 2025 2.0

      EOIR's Office of Legal Access Programs Condemned as "Wasteful"

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    4. January 30, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director Issues Guidance on Laken Riley Act

      DetentionHearings and Adjudications DHSEOIRAG Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    5. January 30, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director Reinstates Trump 1.0 Memo on Fees

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    6. 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

    7. January 29, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director Rescinds Guidance on DHS "Prosecutorial Discretion"

      Hearings and Adjudications DHSEOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    8. 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

    9. January 28, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director authorizes ICE enforcement actions in EOIR space

      Interior ICECBPEOIR Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    10. January 28, 2025 2.0

      EOIR's Resurrected Policy Manual Omits Service through ECAS

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

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    12. 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

    13. 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

    14. January 22, 2025 2.0

      DHS authorizes DOJ personnel to enforce immigration law as immigration officers

      EnforcementInteriorBorder DHSDOJ Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    15. January 22, 2025 2.0

      Reported: 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
    16. January 21, 2025 2.0

      DOJ Creates New "Sanctuary Cities Enforcement Working Group"

      Sanctuary Restrictions DOJ Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    17. January 21, 2025 2.0

      DOJ memo prioritizes immigration prosecutions and information sharing, threatens enforcement against state and local jurisdictions

      EnforcementInteriorSanctuary Restrictions DOJAG Final/Actual Agency Directive

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    18. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159: "Protecting the American People Against Invasion"

      BorderDetentionInteriorSanctuary RestrictionsEnforcement CBPICEUSCISHHSAGDHS Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    19. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14165: "Securing Our Borders"

      BorderDetention DHSAGDOSHHS Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    20. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14164: "Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety"

      Enforcement AGDOJ Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

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    22. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14165 § 8 directs DOS, DOJ, and DHS to enter international cooperation agreements, including but not limited to Safe Third Country Agreements

      BorderAsylum, Withholding and CATHumanitarian DOSDOJDHS Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    23. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14165 § 9(a) directs DOJ and DHS to comply with DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005

      Detention DHSDOJ Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    24. January 20, 2025 2.0

      POTUS Proclamation 10888: "Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion"

      HumanitarianBorder DHSDOJDOS Final/ActualIn Litigation Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    25. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14165 § 10 directs DOJ and DHS to prioritize border prosecutions

      EnforcementBorder DHSDOJAG Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

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    27. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159 § 17 directs DOJ and DHS to take civil and criminal enforcement actions against “sanctuary jurisdictions”

      Sanctuary Restrictions AGDOJDHS Final/ActualIn Litigation Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    28. 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

    29. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159 § 6 directs DOJ and DHS to establish Homeland Security Task Forces nationwide

      EnforcementInterior DHSDOJAG Final/Actual Presidential Orders

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    32. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14160: "Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship"

      Citizenship DHSUSCISDOSSSAAG Final/ActualIn Litigation Presidential Orders

      Current Status

      Not in effect
    33. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159 § 12 Directs DHS, DOS, and DOJ to Encourage "Aliens Unlawfully Present in the United States" to Voluntarily Depart

      BorderDetentionEnforcement DHSDOSDOJ Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

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