Homeland Security Department
This rule codifies specific terms of an agreement between the United States and Canada that permits the respective governments to manage which government decides certain aliens' requests for protection from persecution or torture pursuant to domestic implementation of international treaty obligations. This rule establishes U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") asylum officers' authority to make threshold determinations concerning applicability of this agreement in the expedited removal context. In addition, this rule codifies the existing definitions of "credible fear of persecution" and "credible fear of torture" without altering those definitions.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Homeland Security 8 CFR Parts 208, 212, and 235 [CIS No. 2255-03] RIN 1615-AA91 AGENCY: Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This rule codifies specific terms of an agreement between the United States and Canada that permits the respective governments to manage which government decides certain aliens' requests for protection from persecution or torture pursuant to domestic implementation of international treaty obligations. This rule establishes U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) asylum officers’ authority to make threshold determinations concerning applicability of this agreement in the expedited removal context. In addition, this rule codifies the existing definitions of “credible fear of persecution” and “credible fear of torture” without altering those definitions. DATES: This final rule is effective December 29, 2004. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanna Ruppel, Deputy Director, Asylum Division, Office of Refugee, Asylum, and International Operations, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20536; Telephone (202) 272-1663. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents I. Background II. Validity of the Threshold Screening Process III. Detention Issues IV. Procedural Safeguards Under the Threshold Screening Interview Process: Arrivals from Canada Screening Process Guarantees Post-Interview Process V. Adjudicating Exceptions to t…
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Citation: 69 FR 69480
