Immigration · receipts
Immigration: what changed since Jan 20, 2025 (paper trail edition)
What this is: A sourcing-first index: what the White House did, where it lives on the record, and what it affects.
Rule: If it can’t be linked to an official doc (or a reliable wire report quoting it), it doesn’t make the list.
Rule: If it can’t be linked to an official doc (or a reliable wire report quoting it), it doesn’t make the list.
Timeline
2025-01-20
Trump takes office; immigration executive actions begin immediately (CRS summarizes multiple actions).
2025 (ongoing)
CRS notes actions spanning border entry/processing, interior enforcement, refugee admissions, and related initiatives.
2026-01-06
Forbes overview anticipates continued reductions in legal immigration and tighter visa policy in 2026.
If you’re trying to track immigration policy changes without drowning in punditry, start with an index: what was signed, what changed operationally, and where the official record is.
Congressional Research Service (CRS) published a legal-side summary of “recent White House actions on immigration,” explicitly framed as actions taken since Jan 20, 2025 and covering a wide range of topics (border entry, processing, enforcement, refugee admissions, and more).
This post is not the end of the story — it’s the table of contents. Each major action gets its own Receipts post (what it did, who implemented it, what the litigation says, what the outcome is).