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  1. March 2025

    1. March 21, 2025 2.0

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

      Border CBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. March 19, 2025 2.0

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

      Border CBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. 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

    4. 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 25, 2025 2.0

      DHS announces that it will enforce laws that penalize undocumented immigrants

      Enforcement DHSICECBP 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. Current Status

    5. February 1, 2025 2.0

      CBP adopts new interpretation of "authorized residency" requirement for airport workers to obtain Customs seal

      Employment VerificationLaborEnforcement DHSCBP ReportedFinal/ActualIn Litigation Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      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 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 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. November 2020

    1. November 25, 2020

      DHS temporarily closes detention facility at Texas border

      Detention DHSCBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  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
    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. June 2020

    1. June 4, 2020

      DHS deploys components to curb protests nationwide

      Interior DHSICECBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. May 2020

    1. May 28, 2020

      COVID-19: CBP/TSA restrict arrivals of flights carrying persons traveling from Brazil

      Enforcement CBPTSABureau of Consular Affairs Rescinded Change in Practice
  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
    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
    3. March 17, 2020

      COVID-19: CBP/TSA restrict arrivals of flights carrying persons traveling from Schengen Area

      Enforcement CBPTSA Rescinded Change in Practice
    4. 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
    5. March 4, 2020

      COVID-19: CBP/TSA restrict arrivals of flights carrying persons traveling from Iran

      Enforcement CBPTSA Rescinded Change in Practice