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policies between January 2017 and February 2021

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  1. January 2021

    1. January 7, 2021

      ORR proposes new information collection on mental health services for unaccompanied minors

      Subject Matter: Minors
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Proposed Comment Period
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    2. January 5, 2021

      ORR proposes changes to application and agreement for sponsors of unaccompanied minors

      Subject Matter: Minors
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Proposed Comment Period
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection

  1. December 2020

    1. December 31, 2020

      COVID-19: CDC order requires negative COVID-19 test from all passengers entering U.S.

      Subject Matter: Border
      Agencies: CBP CDC
      Status: Comment Period Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    2. December 29, 2020

      ACF reorganizes ORR, creates new division

      Subject Matter: Minors Refugees
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Change in Practice
    3. December 18, 2020

      ORR requests to continue information collection about placement and transfer of UACs into ORR facilities

      Subject Matter: Minors Detention
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    4. December 18, 2020

      ORR requests to continue information collection about services provided to unaccompanied minors

      Subject Matter: Minors Detention
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    5. December 11, 2020

      ORR proposes 3-year extension, revisions to Report Forms ORR-3 and ORR-4

      Subject Matter: Minors Refugees
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    6. December 7, 2020

      DHS issues supplemental guidance for "additional improvement" of MPP

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border Hearings and Adjudications
      Agencies: CBP ICE USCIS EOIR ORR DOS
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. November 2020

    1. November 25, 2020

      ORR proposes new data collection form for serious medical procedure requests

      Subject Matter: Minors
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    2. November 19, 2020

      ORR proposes new instruments for information collections

      Subject Matter: Minors
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    3. November 9, 2020

      ORR proposes 3-year extension and changes to State Plan for Grants to States for Refugee Resettlement form

      Subject Matter: Minors Refugees
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    4. November 4, 2020

      ORR proposes extending approval for data collection through ORR-5 form

      Subject Matter: Refugees
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection

  1. October 2020

    1. October 27, 2020

      POTUS reduces refugee admissions to 15,000 refugees for fiscal year 2021

      Subject Matter: Refugees
      Agencies: USCIS ORR Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    2. October 3, 2020

      COVID-19, Reported: VP Pence directed CDC to issue expulsion order

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
      Agencies: CBP DHS CDC HHS
      Status: Reported
      Type of Action: Change in Practice
    3. October 2, 2020

      HHS division announces restructuring of Office on Trafficking in Persons

      Subject Matter: Humanitarian Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agency: HHS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection

  1. September 2020

    1. September 11, 2020

      COVID-19: CDC issues final rule expanding quarantine authority to prohibit "introduction" of noncitizens (except LPR's) into the U.S.

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Minors Border
      Agencies: CBP CDC
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Rule
    2. September 10, 2020

      USCIS launches sponsor deeming and agency reimbursement information collection initiative

      Subject Matter: Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: USCIS HHS State & Local Entities
      Status: Final/Actual
      Types of Action: Agency Directive Forms and Information Collection

  1. July 2020

    1. July 24, 2020

      ORR proposes new information collection about release of unaccompanied minors from ORR custody

      Subject Matter: Minors Detention
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    2. July 18, 2020

      Administration plans parent-child reunification after district court order

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
      Agencies: CBP ICE AG ORR
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. April 2020

    1. April 16, 2020

      ORR proposes information collection to allow UAC Program to monitor care provider facility compliance'

      Subject Matter: Minors Detention
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection

  1. March 2020

    1. March 20, 2020

      COVID-19: CDC order authorizes Border Patrol expulsion of all persons arriving by land from Mexico or Canada without valid documents under title 42

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Minors Border
      Agencies: CBP DHS CDC
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Renewed
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    2. March 20, 2020

      COVID-19: CBP issues memo on turning away migrants at borders, including unaccompanied minors and asylum seekers

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
      Agencies: CBP CDC
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    3. March 10, 2020

      COVID-19: Unaccompanied children not being held in CA, WA shelters

      Subject Matter: Minors
      Agencies: CBP ORR
      Status: Reported
      Type of Action: Change in Practice

  1. February 2020

    1. February 5, 2020

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

      Subject Matter: Minors Interior
      Agencies: ICE USCIS ORR
      Status: Reported
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. November 2019

    1. November 15, 2019

      EOIR issues guidance regarding child advocates in UAC hearings

      Subject Matter: Minors Hearings and Adjudications
      Agencies: ICE EOIR ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    2. November 14, 2019

      Internal DHS report makes recommendations regarding MPP implementation

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border
      Agencies: CBP USCIS EOIR ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    3. November 1, 2019

      POTUS reduces refugee admissions to 18,000 for Fiscal Year 2020

      Subject Matter: Refugees
      Agencies: USCIS ORR Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders

  1. September 2019

    1. September 26, 2019

      POTUS issues EO 13888, limiting refugee resettlement to state and localities consenting to receive refugees

      Subject Matter: Refugees
      Agencies: USCIS ORR Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration State & Local Entities
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders

  1. August 2019

    1. August 23, 2019

      Final Rule terminating Flores Agreement regarding detention of migrant children

      Subject Matter: Minors Detention
      Agencies: CBP ICE USCIS ORR
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Enjoined
      Type of Action: Rule

  1. July 2019

    1. July 11, 2019

      POTUS issues EO 13880 on Collecting Information about Citizenship Status in Connection with 2020 Census

      Subject Matter: Citizenship
      Agencies: DHS DOS HHS SSA
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    2. July 1, 2019

      HHS to fund 1,300 more beds in Carrizo Springs, Texas

      Subject Matter: Minors Border Detention
      Agencies: CBP ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Change in Practice

  1. June 2019

    1. June 28, 2019

      CBP opens temporary facility in Yuma, AZ

      Subject Matter: Detention
      Agencies: CBP ICE ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Change in Practice
    2. June 20, 2019

      CBP expands facility in Donna, TX to hold more unaccompanied children

      Subject Matter: Detention
      Agencies: CBP ICE ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Change in Practice

  1. May 2019

    1. May 30, 2019

      HHS cancels funding for recreational activities in unaccompanied minor shelters

      Subject Matter: Minors Detention
      Agencies: ICE ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Change in Practice
    2. May 23, 2019

      POTUS issues memo ordering strict enforcement of sponsor-reimbursement laws

      Subject Matter: Humanitarian
      Agencies: DHS DOJ DOS HHS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders

  1. March 2019

    1. March 14, 2019

      ICE considers phasing out family detention at Karnes

      Subject Matter: Detention
      Agencies: ICE ORR
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Change in Practice
    2. March 5, 2019

      Report that HHS plans to ask DOD to identify military bases to house minor migrants

      Subject Matter: Detention
      Agencies: DOD ORR
      Status: Reported
      Type of Action: Change in Practice

  1. February 2019

    1. February 26, 2019

      Thousands of migrant youth reported sexual abuse in U.S. immigration detention

      Subject Matter: Detention
      Agencies: CBP ICE ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Data and Reports
    2. February 8, 2019

      ACF requests comment on a new information collection, Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Program Data

      Subject Matter: U/T/VAWA Humanitarian
      Agency: HHS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection

  1. January 2019

    1. January 24, 2019

      Reports of Trump Administration unlawfully detaining and deporting unaccompanied minor asylum-seekers

      Subject Matter: Minors Border
      Agencies: CBP ICE ORR
      Status: Proposed In Litigation
      Type of Action: Change in Practice

  1. December 2018

    1. December 19, 2018

      HHS rolls back fingerprint requirements for adults living with migrant children

      Subject Matter: Minors Border Interior
      Agencies: ICE ORR
      Status: Rescinded
      Type of Action: Change in Practice
    2. December 17, 2018

      ACF seeks approval for extension of the information collection for the Annual Survey of Refugees

      Subject Matter: Refugees
      Agency: HHS
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection

  1. October 2018

    1. October 4, 2018

      POTUS caps refugee admissions at 30,000 for Fiscal Year 2019

      Subject Matter: Refugees
      Agencies: USCIS ORR Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    2. October 4, 2018

      DHS Secretary creates panel to examine best practices for families and children in CBP custody

      Subject Matter: Minors Detention
      Agencies: CBP ICE ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Data and Reports

  1. September 2018

    1. September 21, 2018

      Report that ICE arrests sponsors of unaccompanied minors

      Subject Matter: Minors Interior
      Agencies: ICE ORR
      Status: Reported
      Type of Action: Change in Practice

  1. July 2018

    1. July 10, 2018

      DHS issues a four-step process for family reunification to comply with court order

      Subject Matter: Enforcement Hearings and Adjudications
      Agencies: ICE AG ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. June 2018

    1. June 26, 2018

      Notice of information collection for HHS Certification for Foreign Adult Victims of Human Trafficking

      Subject Matter: Humanitarian Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agency: HHS
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    2. June 23, 2018

      ICE designates special facility and policies for reunification and removal of separated families

      Subject Matter: Minors Detention
      Agencies: ICE EOIR ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    3. June 21, 2018

      CBP announces suspension of family separation at border

      Subject Matter: Border
      Agencies: CBP ICE DOD EOIR ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    4. June 21, 2018

      DOD prepares to house 20,000 unaccompanied minors at military bases

      Subject Matter: Minors Detention
      Agencies: DOD ORR
      Status: Reported
      Type of Action: Change in Practice
    5. June 20, 2018

      POTUS issues EO 13841, directing families to be detained together and seeking modification of Flores settlement.

      Subject Matter: Minors Border Detention
      Agencies: CBP ICE DOD EOIR ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    6. June 19, 2018

      DHS reportedly increasing its use of medical records in asylum determinations in children's cases

      Subject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Minors Enforcement
      Agencies: ICE USCIS ORR
      Status: Reported
      Type of Action: Change in Practice
    7. June 19, 2018

      ORR gives notice of proposed information collection to evaluate services provided to repatriates

      Subject Matter: Citizenship
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Proposed
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    8. June 15, 2018

      DHS establishes hotline for separated parents to locate children

      Subject Matter: Minors Border
      Agencies: CBP ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Change in Practice
    9. June 12, 2018

      Reports that military posts to be used to house detained unaccompanied minors

      Subject Matter: Border Detention
      Agencies: CBP DOD ORR
      Status: Reported
      Type of Action: Change in Practice

  1. May 2018

    1. May 29, 2018

      CDC proposes revisions to tuberculosis information collection from U.S. panel physicians

      Subject Matter: Refugees Immigrant Visas
      Agency: CDC
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection
    2. May 15, 2018

      HHS proposes expanded background checks and information sharing for sponsors of unaccompanied children

      Subject Matter: Minors Interior
      Agencies: CBP ICE ORR DOJ
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Change in Practice
    3. May 11, 2018

      CDC gives notice of information collection worksheet for newly-arrived persons with tuberculosis

      Subject Matter: Enforcement
      Agency: CDC
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection

  1. April 2018

    1. April 13, 2018

      ICE checking criminal backgrounds of each adult in the household of unaccompanied minors' sponsors

      Subject Matter: Minors Border Interior
      Agencies: CBP ICE ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
    2. April 13, 2018

      DHS agrees that HHS will share information about unaccompanied children, sponsors, and household members

      Subject Matter: Border
      Agencies: CBP ICE ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Types of Action: Agency Directive Change in Practice
    3. April 10, 2018

      POTUS issues EO 13828, ordering several agencies to restrict immigrant access to public assistance programs

      Subject Matter: Humanitarian
      Agencies: DOL HHS Other
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    4. April 6, 2018

      POTUS issues memorandum ending "catch and release" at the border

      Subject Matter: Border
      Agencies: CBP ICE USCIS AG ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders

  1. February 2018

    1. February 15, 2018

      DHS issues statement condemning Flores Agreement and TVPRA as providing legal loopholes

      Subject Matter: Minors
      Agencies: DHS ORR
      Status: Proposed In Litigation
      Type of Action: Change in Practice
    2. February 8, 2018

      ORR/ACF seek comments on Form ORR-6 regarding effectiveness of state benefits and social services

      Subject Matter: Humanitarian
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection

  1. January 2018

    1. January 26, 2018

      ORR seeks comment on a proposed new Medical Complaint Form

      Subject Matter: Minors
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Forms and Information Collection

  1. September 2017

    1. September 29, 2017

      POTUS caps refugee admissions at 45,000 for Fiscal Year 2018

      Subject Matter: Refugees
      Agencies: USCIS ORR Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders

  1. August 2017

    1. August 16, 2017

      ORR announces Community Safety Initiative to review unaccompanied minor policies

      Subject Matter: Minors Interior
      Agencies: ICE ORR DOJ State & Local Entities
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation
      Type of Action: Agency Directive

  1. March 2017

    1. March 6, 2017

      President issues memo implementing heightened vetting of visa applications and reporting requirements

      Subject Matter: Refugees Non-Immigrant Visas
      Agencies: USCIS DHS Bureau of Consular Affairs ORR DOJ Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
      Status: Final/Actual
      Type of Action: Presidential Orders
    2. March 4, 2017

      Office of Refugee Resettlement requires director's approval of abortions for unaccompanied children in detention shelters

      Subject Matter: Minors Detention
      Agency: ORR
      Status: Final/Actual In Litigation Replaced
      Type of Action: Agency Directive
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