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  1. December 2025

    1. December 26, 2025 2.0

      USCIS pauses processing of immigration requests from Afghans

      Immigrant VisasNon-Immigrant VisasHumanitarian USCIS ReportedFinal/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. December 15, 2025 2.0

      USCIS terminates family reunification parole processes for Colombians, Cubans, Ecuadorians, Guatemalans, Haitians, Hondurans, and Salvadorans

      HumanitarianImmigrant Visas: Family-Based USCIS Final/Actual Agency DirectiveProgram Termination

      Current Status

    3. December 12, 2025 2.0

      DHS terminates TPS for Ethiopia

      TPS USCIS Final/Actual Program Termination

      Current Status

    4. December 5, 2025 2.0

      USCIS restricts biometrics collection for detained noncitizens

      DetentionImmigrant Visas USCISICE Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    5. December 5, 2025 2.0

      USCIS announces new Vetting Center

      Immigrant VisasNon-Immigrant VisasNaturalization USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    6. December 4, 2025 2.0

      USCIS reduces validity period of certain Employment Authorization Documents

      Employment Verification USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    7. December 3, 2025 2.0

      State Department announces expanded screening for H-1B and H-4 applicants

      Non-Immigrant Visas: Employment-BasedNon-Immigrant Visas: Student DOS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. November 2025

    1. November 28, 2025 2.0

      USCIS imposes indefinite pause on all asylum adjudications

      Asylum, Withholding and CAT USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    2. November 25, 2025 2.0

      DHS terminates TPS for Burma (Myanmar)

      TPS USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    3. November 24, 2025 2.0

      EO 14362: "Designation of Certain Muslim Brotherhood Chapters as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists"

      BorderImmigrant VisasNon-Immigrant Visas AGDOS Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    4. November 19, 2025 2.0

      DHS ratifies Global Asylum Rule

      Asylum, Withholding and CAT CBPUSCISEOIR Final/Actual Rule

      Current Status

    5. November 17, 2025 2.0

      United States and Ecuador sign Asylum Cooperative Agreement

      BorderAsylum, Withholding and CATHumanitarian DHS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    6. November 15, 2025 2.0

      DHS launches "Operation Charlotte's Web" in North Carolina

      InteriorBorder ICE Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    7. November 3, 2025 2.0

      USCIS determines grant of U nonimmigrant status to a noncitizen in the U.S. is not an "admission"

      U/T/VAWA USCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

  1. October 2025

    1. October 31, 2025 2.0

      Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka's Visa Revoked

      Non-Immigrant Visas: Visitor Bureau of Consular Affairs Final/Actual Adjudication

      Current Status

    2. October 31, 2025 2.0

      USDA issues OBBBA implementation memo limiting SNAP eligibility

      Asylum, Withholding and CATRefugees Other Final/ActualIn Litigation Agency Directive

      Current Status

    3. October 30, 2025 2.0

      President Trump sets record-low refugee cap of 7,500 for fiscal year 2026

      Refugees Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Final/Actual Presidential Orders

      Current Status

    4. October 29, 2025 2.0

      DHS Ends Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents

      Employment VerificationLabor USCIS Comment PeriodFinal/Actual Rule

      Current Status

    5. Current Status

    6. October 22, 2025 2.0

      AG Bondi removes stay in Matter of Negusie, holding that INA persecutor bar lacks duress exception

      Asylum, Withholding and CAT AG Final/Actual Adjudication

      Current Status

    7. October 17, 2025 2.0

      USCIS issues guidance on spousal relationships for family-based immigrant visas

      Immigrant Visas: Family-Based USCIS Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status

    8. October 15, 2025 2.0

      DHS announces implementation of parole fee required by HR-1 Reconciliation Bill

      HumanitarianDetention DHSICECBPUSCIS Final/Actual Agency Directive

      Current Status

    9. October 3, 2025 2.0

      DOJ pressures tech companies into removing ICE-tracking apps and pages

      Enforcement DHSICE ReportedFinal/Actual

      Current Status

    10. October 2, 2025 2.0

      DOL issues interim final rule on Adverse Effect Wage Rate for H-2A agricultural laborers

      Labor DOL Final/ActualIn Litigation Rule

      Current Status

    11. October 2, 2025 2.0

      DHS solicits investigation and analytical services to support ICE operations

      Enforcement ICE Final/Actual Change in Practice

      Current Status