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  1. February 2025

    1. February 5, 2025 2.0

      DOJ issues "Sanctuary Jurisdiction Directives" Memorandum

      InteriorSanctuary Restrictions DOJAG Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. February 1, 2025 2.0

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

      DetentionInterior ICEState & Local Entities Reported Agency Directive

      Current Status

    3. Current Status

  1. January 2025

    1. Current Status

    2. 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

    3. 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

    4. January 26, 2025 2.0

      Reported: Administration officials direct ICE to increase arrests to meet daily quotas

      InteriorEnforcement ICE Reported Agency DirectiveChange in Practice

      Current Status

    5. January 23, 2025 2.0

      DHS provides guidance for use of expanded expedited removal, including for parolees

      EnforcementInteriorHumanitarianAsylum, Withholding and CAT DHSCBPICEUSCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    6. January 23, 2025 2.0

      Reported: ICE has resumed worksite raids

      Workplace EnforcementInterior ICE Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

    7. January 22, 2025 2.0

      ICE Issues Interim Guidance for Civil Immigration Enforcement in or near Courthouses

      Interior ICE Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    8. January 22, 2025 2.0

      DHS authorizes DOJ personnel to enforce immigration law as immigration officers

      EnforcementInteriorBorder DHSDOJ Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    9. January 21, 2025 2.0

      DHS Expands Expedited Removal to the Maximum Extent Authorized by Statute

      BorderInterior DHS Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

    10. January 21, 2025 2.0

      DHS Rescinds and Supersedes Guidelines for Enforcement Actions in or Near Protected Areas

      BorderInterior DHS Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

    11. January 21, 2025 2.0

      DOJ memo prioritizes immigration prosecutions and information sharing, threatens enforcement against state and local jurisdictions

      EnforcementInteriorSanctuary Restrictions DOJAG Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    12. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14148: "Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions"

      BorderDetentionInteriorAsylum, Withholding and CATRefugeesNon-Immigrant VisasImmigrant Visas DHSDOS Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    13. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159: "Protecting the American People Against Invasion"

      BorderDetentionInteriorSanctuary RestrictionsEnforcement CBPICEUSCISHHSAGDHS Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    14. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO [Securing Our Borders] § 5 directs DHS to end “catch and release” and detain "illegal aliens" until removal

      DetentionBorderInterior DHS Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    15. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159 § 4 directs DHS to enable ICE, CBP, and USCIS to set civil immigration enforcement priorities

      EnforcementBorderInterior USCISCBPICE Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    16. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO [Securing Our Borders] § 9(b) directs DHS to use technologies and procedures to determine validity of claimed familial relationships

      BorderInteriorEnforcement DHSCBPICE Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    17. Current Status

    18. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159 § 18 directs DHS to issue guidance to maximize compliance by DHS personnel with information sharing provisions

      EnforcementInterior DHS Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    19. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159 § 6 directs DOJ and DHS to establish Homeland Security Task Forces nationwide

      EnforcementInterior DHSDOJAG Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    20. Current Status

    21. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159 § 21 directs DHS to increase CBP and ICE agents and officers

      BorderInterior CBPICE Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    22. Current Status

    23. January 20, 2025 2.0

      EO 14159 § 11 Directs DHS to Maximally Authorize State and Local Law Enforcement to Be Immigration Officers

      EnforcementInteriorDetention DHSState & Local Entities Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    24. 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
  1. November 2020

    1. November 6, 2020

      ICE puts up billboards in North Carolina featuring "at-large public safety threats"

      InteriorSanctuary Restrictions ICE Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect
    2. November 5, 2020

      DOS revokes designation of ETIM as a foreign terrorist organization

      InteriorBorder DOSDOJDHS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    3. Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. October 2020

    1. October 21, 2020

      EOIR and USCIS issue final rule expanding criminal bars to asylum and limiting review of discretionary denials of asylum

      Asylum, Withholding and CATHearings and AdjudicationsInteriorBorder CBPICEUSCISEOIRBureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Final/ActualIn LitigationEnjoined/Vacated Rule

      Current Status

      Not in effect
    2. October 2, 2020

      ICE puts up billboards in Pennsylvania featuring "at-large immigration violators"

      InteriorSanctuary Restrictions ICE Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Not in effect
  1. September 2020

    1. September 25, 2020

      ICE modifies enforcement efforts during COVID-19

      Interior ICE Final/Actual Change in Practice
  1. July 2020

    1. Current Status

      Not in effect
  1. June 2020

    1. June 26, 2020

      Trump Administration designates ICE a "security/sensitive" agency

      Interior ICE Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    2. June 4, 2020

      DHS deploys components to curb protests nationwide

      Interior DHSICECBP Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. April 2020

    1. April 23, 2020

      COVID-19: ICE to test some immigrants for coronavirus before deportation

      Interior ICEDOS Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Partially in effect
  1. March 2020

    1. March 18, 2020

      COVID-19: ICE focuses removal and detention on public safety risks

      InteriorSanctuary Restrictions ICE Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    2. March 15, 2020

      COVID-19: ICE medically screens detainees prior to removal flights

      DetentionInterior ICE Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    3. March 9, 2020

      DOJ eliminates DHS discretion to exempt certain detained noncitizens from DNA-sample collection

      BorderInteriorDetention ICEDOJCBP Final/Actual Rule

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    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
  1. February 2020

    1. February 14, 2020

      ICE intends to open first holding facility in Maine

      DetentionInterior ICE Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    2. February 5, 2020

      Reported: ICE begins fingerprinting unaccompanied children age 14 and over in ORR facilities

      InteriorMinors ORRICEUSCIS Reported Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. January 2020

    1. January 15, 2020

      ICE issues subpoenas to law enforcement in CA, CT, NY, NV and OR

      InteriorSanctuary Restrictions ICE Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    2. January 10, 2020

      State Department designates Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq as a foreign terrorist organization

      InteriorBorder DOSDHSDOJ Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
  1. December 2019

    1. December 31, 2019

      Acting DHS Secretary requests review of state DMV laws for assessment of interference with immigration enforcement

      InteriorSanctuary Restrictions DHS Reported Agency Directive

      Current Status

      Fully in Effect
    2. December 21, 2019

      Reported: ICE asking immigration courts to reopen DACA recipients' removal cases

      InteriorDACA ICEEOIR Reported Change in Practice

      Current Status

      Not in effect
  1. October 2019

    1. Current Status

      Fully in Effect

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