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  1. March 2025

    1. March 14, 2025 2.0

      Proclamation 10903: "Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua"

      BorderInterior DHSAGDOJ Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    2. March 6, 2025 2.0

      State Department launches "Catch and Revoke" initiative to revoke visas of students engaged in "pro-Hamas" activity

      Non-Immigrant Visas: StudentInterior DOSDHSDOJ Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

    3. March 6, 2025 2.0

      DOJ establishes "Operation Take Back America" to implement President and AG's "core policy objectives"

      Sanctuary RestrictionsBorderInteriorDetention DOJDHS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. February 2025

    1. February 5, 2025 2.0

      DOJ issues "Sanctuary Jurisdiction Directives" Memorandum

      InteriorSanctuary Restrictions DOJAG Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. 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

      Current Status

    3. February 5, 2025 2.0

      DOJ "Sanctuary Jurisdiction Directives" § II targets current--and blocks future--DOJ funding agreements with NGOs that support removable immigrants

      InteriorEnforcement DOJ Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    4. February 5, 2025 2.0

      DOJ "Sanctuary Jurisdiction Directives" § III requires enforcement against jurisdictions that facilitate violations of federal immigration laws

      EnforcementInterior DOJ Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. January 2025

    1. 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

    2. January 22, 2025 2.0

      DHS authorizes DOJ personnel to enforce immigration law as immigration officers

      EnforcementInteriorBorder DHSDOJ Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    3. 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

      Current Status

    4. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159: "Protecting the American People Against Invasion"

      BorderDetentionInteriorSanctuary RestrictionsEnforcement CBPICEUSCISHHSAGDHS Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    5. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159 § 5 directs DOJ with DOS and DHS to prioritize criminal prosecutions related to unauthorized entry or continued unauthorized presence

      EnforcementBorderInterior DHSAGDOJDOS Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    6. 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

      Current Status

    7. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159 § 19 directs DOJ and DHS to review, pause, terminate, and claw back contracts or grants with NGOs serving "removable or illegal aliens"

      Interior DHSDOJAGOtherICE Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    8. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14157: "Designating Cartels and Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists"

      BorderInterior DHSDOJDOS Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    9. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159 § 16 directs DOS, DHS, and DOJ to rescind policies from prior administration that “led to the increased or continued presence of illegal aliens in the US.”

      EnforcementBorderInteriorTPSHumanitarian DHSAGDOJDOS Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

  1. November 2020

    1. November 5, 2020

      DOS revokes designation of ETIM as a foreign terrorist organization

      InteriorBorder DOSDOJDHS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect

  1. October 2020

    1. October 21, 2020

      EOIR and USCIS issue final rule expanding criminal bars to asylum and limiting review of discretionary denials of asylum

      Asylum, Withholding and CATHearings and AdjudicationsInteriorBorder CBPICEUSCISEOIRBureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Rule

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. March 2020

    1. March 9, 2020

      DOJ eliminates DHS discretion to exempt certain detained noncitizens from DNA-sample collection

      BorderInteriorDetention ICEDOJCBP Final/Actual Rule

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    2. March 6, 2020

      ICE requests redeployment of 500 HSI agents to increase arrests and surveillance in sanctuary cities

      InteriorSanctuary Restrictions ICECBPEOIRDHS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect

  1. January 2020

    1. January 10, 2020

      State Department designates Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq as a foreign terrorist organization

      InteriorBorder DOSDHSDOJ Final/Actual 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

  1. August 2019

    1. August 8, 2019

      Detained noncitizens with small children released on humanitarian grounds in Mississippi

      Interior ICEAG Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect

  1. November 2018

    1. November 8, 2018

      USCIS announces continued implementation of policy memo on NTAs

      Interior USCISICEEOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect

  1. September 2018

    1. September 16, 2018

      Report that ICE issues NTAs with incorrect hearing dates

      InteriorHearings and Adjudications ICEEOIR ReportedIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      June 9, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

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