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  1. March 2025

    1. March 24, 2025 2.0

      Salvadoran man granted withholding mistakenly deported to El Salvador due to “administrative error"

      EnforcementAsylum, Withholding and CAT ICEDHS Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. March 21, 2025 2.0

      DHS terminates CHNV parole processes and revokes paroles after 30-day wind-down period

      HumanitarianInterior DHSUSCIS In LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Agency Directive

      Current Status

    3. Current Status

    4. 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

  1. February 2025

    1. February 28, 2025 2.0

      DHS seeks information from IRS regarding certain noncitizens

      Interior DHSOther Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. February 18, 2025 2.0

      Trump administration issues stop-work order for legal service providers representing unaccompanied minors

      Minors HHSORR Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Agency DirectiveProgram Termination

      Current Status

    3. February 18, 2025 2.0

      ICE directs review on non-detained docket for redetention and removal

      DetentionInteriorAsylum, Withholding and CAT ICE Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

    4. February 14, 2025 2.0

      Reported: DHS fires nearly 50 USCIS employees

      DHSUSCISOther ReportedIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. January 2025

    1. January 30, 2025 2.0

      DHS Secretary vacates extension of—and then terminates—2023 designation of TPS for Venezuela

      TPS DHS Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Agency DirectiveProgram Termination

      Current Status

    2. January 27, 2025 2.0

      OMB temporarily pauses agency grant, loan, and financial assistance programs

      Other Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Not in effect
    3. 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

    4. Current Status

    5. January 21, 2025 2.0

      DHS Rescinds and Supersedes Guidelines for Enforcement Actions in or Near Protected Areas

      BorderInterior DHSICECBP Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. December 2020

    1. December 4, 2020

      EOIR Director modifies asylum processing and asylum clock, rescinds two OPPMs

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice
  1. September 2020

    1. September 15, 2020

      DOS releases guidance on 2020 Fiscal Year (DV-2020) adjudications after Gomez v. Trump ruling

      Immigrant Visas: Diversity Bureau of Consular AffairsDOSUSCIS Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      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 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. February 2020

    1. February 20, 2020

      DHS waives laws to expedite construction of border wall

      Border DHS Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. January 2020

    1. January 17, 2020

      EOIR Director expands restrictions on immigration judges' public speaking

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIRDOJ Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Partially in effect
  1. December 2019

    1. December 20, 2019

      USCIS issues guidance to clarify the effect of travel by TPS beneficiaries with final orders

      TPSImmigrant Visas USCISICEEOIR Final/Actual Agency Directive
  1. November 2019

    1. November 22, 2019

      EOIR General Counsel issues guidance on applying Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications Rule to certain asylum seekers impacted by metering

      Asylum, Withholding and CATHearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Not in effect
  1. September 2019

    1. September 3, 2019

      Pentagon approves diversion of military construction funds for border wall

      Border CBPDOD Final/ActualIn LitigationRescinded Agency Directive
  1. July 2019

    1. July 15, 2019

      EOIR issues guidelines regarding DHS/DOJ third country interim final rule

      Asylum, Withholding and CAT ICEEOIR Final/ActualIn LitigationRescinded Agency Directive
  1. February 2019

    1. February 12, 2019

      ICE issues guidance on Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)

      BorderAsylum, Withholding and CAT ICEEOIR Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Partially in effect

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