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  1. April 2025

    1. April 15, 2025 2.0

      Department of Transportation finalizes a $150 million grant to construct a new Port of Entry on the U.S.-Mexico border

      Border Other Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. April 8, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ICE contracts with commercial airlines to facilitate deportation flights

      BorderEnforcement DHS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. April 7, 2025 2.0

      Reported: CBP detained lawyer for University of Michigan student protestor and searched phone contacts list

      Border CBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    4. April 2, 2025 2.0

      DHS deports DACA recipient returning with advance parole

      BorderDACA DHSCBP Final/ActualIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. March 2025

    1. March 24, 2025 2.0

      Reported: FBI Director plans to reassign up to one-third of ATF agents to the FBI to do border-related criminal enforcement

      Border DOJ Reported Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    2. March 21, 2025 2.0

      Reported: U.S. limits Canadian access to cross-border library

      Border CBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. March 19, 2025 2.0

      Reported: CBP denies travelers entry because of anti-Trump comments

      Border CBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    4. March 14, 2025 2.0

      Reported: H-1B visa holder deported despite federal court order prohibiting removal

      DetentionNon-Immigrant Visas: Employment-BasedBorder CBP ReportedIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Change in Practice

      Current Status

    5. March 13, 2025 2.0

      CBP closes temporary processing facilities along southwest border

      Border CBP Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. February 2025

    1. February 28, 2025 2.0

      Reported: CBP is holding families in tent facilities for extended periods

      BorderMinorsDetention CBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. February 17, 2025 2.0

      DHS announces domestic and international advertising campaign encouraging self-deportation and discouraging potential migrants from coming to the U.S.

      InteriorBorder DHS Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. 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

    4. February 5, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Border Patrol may check immigration status of students traveling on schoolbuses through CBP checkpoints

      Border CBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. January 2025

    1. January 28, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Immigration officers instructed to wear clothing that clearly depicts their agency for media coverage

      EnforcementInteriorBorder DHS Reported Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    2. January 25, 2025 2.0

      Coast Guard conducts noncitizen expulsion flight operations between California and Texas

      Border OtherCBP Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. January 20, 2025 2.0

      CBP Ends CBP One Scheduling System and Cancels Upcoming Appointments

      BorderAsylum, Withholding and CAT CBP Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    4. January 18, 2025

      Report: Trump Administration changes Border Patrol leader to political appointee

      Border CBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

  1. January 2021

    1. January 15, 2021

      Reported: DHS signed agreements with states self-imposing six-month notice-and-comment period

      BorderInterior DHS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      February 2, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. October 2020

    1. October 30, 2020

      CBP expelling migrant children from other countries into Mexico

      BorderMinorsAsylum, Withholding and CAT CBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      July 22, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration
    2. October 13, 2020

      Unauthorized CBP operation in Guatemala relocates Honduran migrants to the Guatemala-Honduras border

      BorderAsylum, Withholding and CAT DOSDHSCBP Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect

  1. July 2020

    1. July 2, 2020

      CBP designates autonomous surveillance towers along southern border a "program of record"

      Border CBP Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
      January 20, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. March 2020

    1. March 20, 2020

      COVID-19: US-Canada joint initiative restricts non-essential border crossings

      BorderNon-Immigrant Visas: Visitor CBPDHS Final/ActualRenewedRescinded Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      February 23, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration
    2. March 20, 2020

      COVID-19: US-Mexico joint initiative restricts non-essential border crossings

      BorderNon-Immigrant Visas: Visitor CBPDHS Final/ActualRenewed Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Partially in effect
      February 23, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

  1. December 2019

    1. December 6, 2019

      Reported: EOIR expands use of "tent courts" along Southern Border

      HumanitarianAsylum, Withholding and CATBorderHearings and Adjudications USCISEOIRCBPICE Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect

  1. November 2019

    1. November 6, 2019

      DHS begins implementing the Humanitarian Asylum Review Program

      Asylum, Withholding and CATBorderHearings and Adjudications USCISCBPEOIR Final/ActualIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect
      February 2, 2021
      Acted on by Biden Administration

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