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  1. February 2025

    1. Current Status

    2. February 5, 2025 2.0

      DOJ elevates and expands Joint Task Force Alpha

      Enforcement DOJDHS Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. February 1, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ICE aims to lower detention standards to increase the use of state and local jails

      DetentionInterior ICEState & Local Entities Reported Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    4. February 1, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Social Security Administration shares 98,000 addresses with DHS

      Enforcement DHSSSA ReportedIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

    5. February 1, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ICE deports U.S. citizen minors without following prior processes

      CitizenshipInterior ICEDHS ReportedIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

    6. February 1, 2025 2.0

      USCIS removes "Mission and Core Values" webpage

      USCIS Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    7. 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 31, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director Orders "Fair Treatment" for OCAHO

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    2. January 31, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director Reinstates Trump Memo on Child Advocates

      Hearings and AdjudicationsMinors EOIRHHS Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    3. January 31, 2025 2.0

      EOIR's Office of Legal Access Programs Condemned as "Wasteful"

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    4. January 30, 2025 2.0

      EOIR Acting Director Reinstates Trump 1.0 Memo on Fees

      Hearings and Adjudications EOIR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    5. January 29, 2025 2.0

      DOS recalls Foreign Affairs Manual section allowing self-certification of gender on passport applications

      Citizenship DOS Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    6. January 28, 2025 2.0

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

      EnforcementInteriorBorder DHS Reported Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    7. 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

    8. 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

    9. January 23, 2025 2.0

      ICE resumes worksite and other mass raids

      Workplace EnforcementInterior ICE ReportedIn Litigation Change in Practice

      Current Status

    10. January 21, 2025 2.0

      DOJ creates new "Sanctuary Cities Enforcement Working Group"

      Sanctuary Restrictions DOJ Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    11. 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

    12. Current Status

    13. 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 19, 2021

      DHS signs labor agreement with AFGE National ICE Council 118, ceding unprecedented policy power to union

      EnforcementDetentionInterior ICE Final/Actual Agency DirectiveChange in Practice
    2. January 15, 2021

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

      BorderInterior DHS Reported Change in Practice
    3. January 12, 2021

      USCIS replaces sticker that extends validity of permanent resident cards

      Immigrant Visas USCIS Final/Actual Change in Practice
  1. December 2020

    1. December 29, 2020

      ACF reorganizes ORR, creates new division

      RefugeesMinors ORR Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    2. December 29, 2020

      ICE further limits asylum relief for children

      Minors ICE Reported Agency DirectiveChange in Practice