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Jun 24, 2026 The Supreme Court upheld the administration's metering policy that turned back asylum seekers at the border. Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
The ruling gave the executive branch broader control over asylum access and reduced judicial barriers to restrictive border policy.
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- Supreme Court Upholds Asylum Seeker Turnback Policy — The Supreme Court upheld a federal policy known as "metering," which allows U.S.
- Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Block Asylum Seekers at US-Mexico Border — The U.S.
- Supreme Court Ruling on Asylum Policy — On June 25, 2026, the US Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration's authority to turn away asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border when crossings are deemed too overburdened.
Feb 21, 2026 The Trump administration ordered ICE to sharply increase detentions and daily arrests Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
The directive expanded direct coercive state power in immigration enforcement and increased the risk of detention for migrants and travelers with limited immediate recourse.
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- Trump Administration Orders ICE to Increase Detentions — Following Donald Trump's second inauguration on January 20, 2025, his administration ordered ICE officials to increase the number of detentions, setting new quotas to raise daily arrests from a few hundred to
Dec 5, 2025 Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced plans to expand the travel ban to more than 30 countries Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
The planned expansion widened executive power to exclude people by nationality, further tying entry rights to broad security designations.
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- Homeland Security plans to expand US travel ban — Kristi Noem, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, announced plans to expand the US travel ban to include more than 30 countries.
Oct 11, 2025 The Trump administration planned to cut refugee admissions to 7,500 Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
The planned cut sharply narrowed humanitarian entry and showed executive power over who could access protection and legal status in the United States.
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- Trump administration plans to cut refugee intake to 7,500 — A report indicates that the Trump administration plans to drastically reduce the number of refugees allowed into the United States from 125,000 to 7,500.
Sep 3, 2025 The Trump administration deported men to Eswatini where lawyers said they faced illegal imprisonment Tier 1 · Primary Civil Rights and Dissent
The third-country deportations raised serious concerns about bodily security, due process, and the treatment of noncitizens after removal.
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- US deports men to Eswatini, where they face illegal imprisonment — The US deported five men from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen, and Cuba to Eswatini, where they are reportedly being imprisoned illegally.
Aug 31, 2025 The Department of Homeland Security suspended most visitor visas for Palestinian passport holders Tier 1 · Primary Civil Rights and Dissent
The visa suspension imposed broad nationality-based restrictions on movement and deepened unequal treatment in immigration policy.
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- Trump Suspends Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders — The Trump administration suspended nearly all types of visitor visas for Palestinian passport holders, further straining US-Palestinian relations.
Jun 5, 2025 President Trump signed a proclamation restricting entry from 19 countries Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
The travel ban used executive immigration power to sort entry by nationality, affecting equal treatment, family unity, and access to refuge.
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- Trump signs order banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the US — On June 5, 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order implementing a travel ban that fully restricts nationals from 12 countries, including Afghanistan, Haiti, and Sudan, from entering the United States.
- Trump signs new travel ban proclamation — On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation to fully or partially restrict foreign nationals from 19 countries from entering the United States.
Apr 13, 2025 President Trump proposed sending U.S. citizens and other detainees to prisons in El Salvador Corroborated Power and Authority
The proposal challenged constitutional limits on punishment and due process by suggesting offshore incarceration beyond normal domestic accountability.
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- Trump proposes deporting US citizens to El Salvador — On Monday, during a meeting with El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, President Donald Trump proposed deporting US citizens who are "homegrown criminals" to El Salvador, where they would be imprisoned.
- Trump Discusses Sending American Citizens to Salvadoran Prisons — Former President Donald Trump was recorded on a hot mic suggesting to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele that he build more hard-labor prisons in El Salvador to detain American citizens.
Feb 6, 2025 President Trump signed orders on anti-Christian bias, ICC sanctions, NGO funding review, a White House Faith Office, South Africa, and gun rights Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
The cluster of orders expanded presidential direction over religion policy, civil society funding, foreign legal bodies, aid, and firearms enforcement.
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- Executive Order to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias — On February 6, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at eradicating anti-Christian bias within the federal government.
- Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court — On February 6, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC).
- Trump Establishes Task Force on Anti-Christian Bias — President Trump signed an executive order establishing a task force to "eradicate anti-Christian bias" in the federal government.
Jan 20, 2025 President Trump suspended the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program Tier 1 · Primary Civil Rights and Dissent
The suspension closed a major humanitarian entry channel and reduced protection for people already vetted for refuge.
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- Executive Order: Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program — On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order suspending the United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).
- Trump signs executive orders to end birthright citizenship and restrict immigration — On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed a series of executive actions, including one aimed at ending birthright citizenship, which is constitutionally protected.
- Trump suspends US Refugee Admissions Program — President Trump suspended the US Refugee Admissions Program, halting the resettlement of thoroughly vetted refugees.