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  1. July 2026

    1. July 28, 2026 2.0

      Reported: ICE Arrests Foreign Citizens with Visa Overstays at Airports

      Enforcement ICETSA Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. July 23, 2026 2.0

      DHS General Counsel singles out federal judges over immigration rulings

      DHS Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. Current Status

    4. July 15, 2026 2.0

      Attorney General submits first case ever to Alien Terrorist Removal Court

      EnforcementHearings and Adjudications AGDOJ Final/ActualIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. June 2026

    1. Current Status

    2. June 16, 2026 2.0

      Revised ICE National Detention Standards strip employment rights of detainees

      Detention ICE Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. Current Status

    4. June 10, 2026 2.0

      Reported: Ahead of World Cup, DHS and CBP warn that generating income from content-creation on a tourist visa is unauthorized employment

      Immigrant Visas: Employment-BasedNon-Immigrant Visas: VisitorLaborInterior CBPDHS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. May 2026

    1. May 30, 2026 2.0

      Reported: USCIS archives website regarding options for nonimmigrant workers following termination of employment

      Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based USCIS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. May 29, 2026 2.0

      DHS extends Temporary Protected Status for Lebanon

      TPSEmployment Verification USCISDHS Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. May 28, 2026 2.0

      White House creates "aliens.gov" website

      Interior OtherICE Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    4. May 26, 2026 2.0

      Reported: Immigration courts begin using "mega master" calendar hearings

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    5. May 21, 2026 2.0

      USCIS issues policy memorandum characterizing adjustment of status as a form of extraordinary discretionary relief

      Immigrant VisasNon-Immigrant Visas USCISDHS Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    6. May 11, 2026 2.0

      DHS grants USCIS officers discretion to reject or deny benefit requests with invalid signatures

      Immigrant VisasEnforcementNon-Immigrant VisasHumanitarian USCIS Comment PeriodFinal/Actual Change in PracticeRule

      Current Status

    7. May 8, 2026 2.0

      USCIS issues a Policy Alert and new Policy Manual Chapter on deferred action

      Hearings and AdjudicationsEnforcement USCISDHS Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    8. May 7, 2026 2.0

      DOS announces passport revocations due to significant child-support debt

      Enforcement HHSDOS Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    9. Current Status

    10. May 4, 2026 2.0

      DOS revokes Costa Rica newspaper executives' visas

      Non-Immigrant VisasEnforcement DOS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. April 2026

    1. April 29, 2026 2.0

      DHS silently eliminates 30-day adjudication requirement for first-time asylum-based work permits

      Asylum, Withholding and CAT DHS Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency DirectiveChange in PracticeRule

      Current Status

    2. April 28, 2026 2.0

      Reported: DOS orders consular officers to deny nonimmigrant visas to applicants who fear returning to their home country

      Non-Immigrant Visas DOS Reported Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    3. April 24, 2026 2.0

      Reported: CBP seeks to install surveillance tower in populous CA city

      Enforcement CBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    4. April 23, 2026 2.0

      Reported: DOJ assigns denaturalization cases to prosecutors

      EnforcementCitizenshipNaturalization DOJ Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    5. April 22, 2026 2.0

      Reported: DOJ to issue $3.5 billion in immigration-enforcement grants

      Enforcement DOJ Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    6. April 21, 2026 2.0

      Reported: USCIS reviewing previously approved green cards

      Enforcement USCIS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    7. April 19, 2026 2.0

      Reported: USCIS creates "Tactical Operations Division"

      EnforcementNaturalization USCIS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status