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Original Date Announced
February 3, 2025EOIR Acting Director issues PM 25-17, rescinding DM 22-05 and reinstating PM 19-05, 21-06, and 21-13. The reinstated PM 21-13 rescinded OPPM 17-01 on continuances and provides guidance on restricting continuances in immigration proceedings, reminding immigration judges to be vigilant about respondents' strong incentive "to abuse continuances" and use them as a dilatory tactic. The memo provides a "non-exhaustive list of relevant legal and policy principles as an aid to adjudicators" in deciding continuance requests.
Trump 2.0 [ID # 1508]
2025.02.03 - PM 25-17 - Cancellation of Director's Memorandum 22-05 and Reinstatement of Policy Memoranda 19-05, 21-06, and 21-13Effective Date
February 3, 2025Current Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Agency DirectiveSubject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Hearings and AdjudicationsAgencies Affected: EOIRAssociated or Derivative Policies
- January 8, 2021 EOIR Director issues guidance to restrict continuances
Pre Trump-Era Policies
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April 18, 2018
On April 18, 2022, EOIR Director David Neal issued a DM 22-05 rescinding PM 19-05, 21-06, and 21-13.
2022.04.18 EOIR DM 22-05.pdf - January 8, 2021 Policy Memo 21-13: Continuances
Documents
Trump-Era Policy Documents
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