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  1. August 2025

    1. August 19, 2025 2.0

      EOIR expands dedicated docket

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    2. August 18, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ICE targeting based on money transfers limited by Arizona attorney general

      DetentionEnforcement ICEDHSState & Local Entities ReportedFinal/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. August 15, 2025 2.0

      ORR using secure juvenile detention centers to detain unaccompanied migrant teenagers

      MinorsEnforcement ORR ReportedProposedFinal/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    4. August 14, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Florida to open second migrant-detention center, "Deportation Depot"

      DetentionEnforcement ICEDHSState & Local Entities Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    5. August 13, 2025 2.0

      Deferred Enforcement Departure (DED) Lapses For Certain Palestinians

      EnforcementHumanitarian DHSUSCIS Final/Actual Change in PracticeProgram Termination

      Current Status

    6. August 10, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Asylum applications are dismissed due to omitted credible fear interviews

      Asylum, Withholding and CAT USCISICE Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    7. August 8, 2025 2.0

      USCIS revises age calculation under the Child Status Protection Act for adjustment of status applications

      Immigrant Visas: Family-BasedImmigrant Visas: Employment-Based USCISDOS Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    8. August 8, 2025 2.0

      Reported: DHS to begin interviewing unaccompanied minors in HHS custody

      Minors DHSORR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    9. August 6, 2025 2.0

      ICE notices intent to sole-source iris-scanning app and database

      Interior ICE Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    10. August 5, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ICE separates children from parents who refuse to board deportation flights

      InteriorDetentionMinors ICEDHS ReportedFinal/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    11. August 5, 2025 2.0

      DHS partners with Indiana to use "Speedway Slammer" state prison for ICE detention

      DetentionInterior ICEDHS Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    12. August 5, 2025 2.0

      Reported: DHS reassigns more than 100 FEMA employees to ICE

      Enforcement DHSICEFEMA Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    13. August 1, 2025 2.0

      USCIS expands interview criteria for refugee and asylee adjustment of status applications

      RefugeesAsylum, Withholding and CATImmigrant Visas: Family-Based Bureau of Population, Refugees, and MigrationUSCIS Final/Actual Change in PracticeForms and Information Collection

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    14. August 1, 2025 2.0

      USCIS issues new Policy Manual language on family-based immigrant visa petitions

      Immigrant Visas: Family-Based USCIS Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

  1. July 2025

    1. July 31, 2025 2.0

      Uses of force increase during immigration-enforcement actions

      EnforcementInteriorBorder ICECBPDHS Final/ActualIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. Current Status

    3. July 24, 2025 2.0

      Trump administration deporting DACA recipients

      InteriorDACABorder ICECBP ReportedFinal/ActualIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

    4. July 23, 2025 2.0

      Reported: DHS offers voluntary departure to unaccompanied children from noncontiguous countries

      BorderInteriorMinors CBPICEORR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    5. July 23, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ORR guidelines require in-person meetings with sponsors, Federal law enforcement present

      EnforcementMinors DHSHHS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    6. July 21, 2025 2.0

      DHS plans to use to use military bases in New Jersey and Indiana to detain immigrants

      Detention DHSDOD Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    7. July 18, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Notices to Appear (NTAs) Being Issued to H-1B Visa Holders During 60-Day Grace Period

      Hearings and AdjudicationsNon-Immigrant Visas: Employment-BasedLaborEmployment VerificationEnforcement DHS ReportedFinal/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    8. Current Status

    9. July 17, 2025 2.0

      Reported: USCIS ends program to shield workers reporting abuse

      USCIS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    10. July 16, 2025 2.0

      Reported: DHS pursues expedited removal concurrently with ongoing removal proceedings

      InteriorHearings and Adjudications ICEEOIR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    11. July 15, 2025 2.0

      Reported: IJs allow ICE attorneys not to identify themselves in immigration court

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIRICE ReportedFinal/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status