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Original Date Announced
June 5, 2025United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy alert stating that it rescinded policy guidance in its Policy Manual on stateless people in the United States. Previous guidance from August 2023 had established an internal process for examining statelessness and its relevance to immigration applications, petitions, or requests.
In the alert, USCIS states that the 2023 guidance is inconsistent with Executive Order 14161, “Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats.” USCIS states that the rescission does not change whether a finding of statelessness can or should be used as a discretionary factor in an adjudication.
Trump 2.0 [ID #1807]
2025.06.25 USCIS - Rescission of the USCIS Statelessness PolicyEffective Date
June 5, 2025Current Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Agency DirectiveSubject Matter: Humanitarian Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant VisasAgencies Affected: USCISAssociated or Derivative Policies
Pre Trump-Era Policies
- August 1, 2023 2023.08.01 USCIS - Statelessness Policy
Documents
Trump-Era Policy Documents
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New Policy
Original Source:
USCIS - Rescission of the USCIS Statelessness Policy
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Prior Policy
Original Source:
USCIS - Statelessness Policy
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