Skip to main content

17 Policy Actions

Filter
Policies by Current Status
Action on Policies by
Type of Action Affecting Trump-era Policies
Policies by Year
Filter
Policies by Current Status
Action on Policies by
Type of Action Affecting Trump-era Policies
Policies by Year
Filter
Policies by Current Status
Action on Policies by
Type of Action Affecting Trump-era Policies
Policies by Year
Filter
Policies by Current Status
Action on Policies by
Type of Action Affecting Trump-era Policies
Policies by Year
Trump Policy Actions
Sorted by date announced
  1. February 2025

    1. 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 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159: "Protecting the American People Against Invasion"

      BorderDetentionInteriorSanctuary RestrictionsEnforcement CBPICEUSCISHHSAGDHS Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    2. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14165: "Securing Our Borders"

      BorderDetention DHSAGDOSHHS Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    3. 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 31, 2020

      COVID-19: CDC order requires negative COVID-19 test from all passengers entering U.S.

      Border CDCCBP Final/Actual Agency Directive
  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 20, 2020

      COVID-19: CBP issues memo on turning away migrants at borders, including unaccompanied minors and asylum seekers

      BorderAsylum, Withholding and CAT CBPCDC Final/Actual Agency Directive
  1. July 2019

    1. July 1, 2019

      HHS to fund 1,300 more beds in Carrizo Springs, Texas

      BorderDetentionMinors CBPORR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. January 2019

    1. January 24, 2019

      Reports of Trump Administration unlawfully detaining and deporting unaccompanied minor asylum-seekers

      BorderMinors ORRICECBP ProposedIn Litigation Change in Practice
  1. June 2018

    1. June 21, 2018

      CBP announces end to family separations based on border prosecutions

      Border CBPICEEOIRORRDOD Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Partially in effect
    2. June 20, 2018

      POTUS issues EO 13841, directing families to be detained together and seeking modification of Flores settlement.

      DetentionBorderMinors CBPICEORRDODEOIR Final/Actual Presidential Orders
    3. June 15, 2018

      DHS establishes hotline for separated parents to locate children

      BorderMinors CBPORR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    4. June 12, 2018

      Reports that military posts to be used to house detained unaccompanied minors

      DetentionBorder ORRDODCBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. April 2018

    1. April 13, 2018

      ICE checking criminal backgrounds of each adult in the household of unaccompanied minors' sponsors

      InteriorMinorsBorder CBPICEORR Final/Actual Agency Directive
    2. April 13, 2018

      DHS agrees that HHS will share information about unaccompanied children, sponsors, and household members

      Border ORRICECBP ReplacedRescinded Agency DirectiveChange in Practice
    3. April 6, 2018

      POTUS issues memorandum ending "catch and release" at the border

      Border CBPICEUSCISORRAG Final/Actual Presidential Orders

To provide information, corrections, or feedback, please email IPTP.feedback@gmail.com