Homeland Security Department, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Justice Department, Executive Office for Immigration Review
The Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") (collectively, "the Departments") are adopting an interim final rule ("IFR" or "rule") to modify existing regulations to provide for the implementation of Asylum Cooperative Agreements ("ACAs") that the United States enters into pursuant to section 208(a)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA" or "Act"). Because the underlying purpose of section 208(a)(2)(A) is to provide asylum seekers with access to only one of the ACA signatory countries' protection systems, this rule adopts a modified approach to the expedited removal ("ER") and section 240 processes in the form of a threshold screening as to which country will consider the alien's claim. This rule will apply to all ACAs in force between the United States and countries other than Canada, including bilateral ACAs recently entered into with El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras in an effort to share the distribution of hundreds of thousands of asylum claims. The rule will apply only prospectively to aliens who arrive at a U.S. port of entry, or enter or attempt to enter the United States between ports of entry, on or after the effective date of the rule.
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 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 8 CFR Part 208 [USCIS Docket No. USCIS-2019-0021] RIN 1615-AC49 Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review 8 CFR Parts 1003, 1208, and 1240 [EOIR Docket No. 19-0021; A.G. Order No. 4581-2019] RIN 1125-AA98 AGENCY: Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Interim final rule; request for comment. SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) (collectively, “the Departments”) are adopting an interim final rule (“IFR” or “rule”) to modify existing regulations to provide for the implementation of Asylum Cooperative Agreements (“ACAs”) that the United States enters into pursuant to section 208(a)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA” or “Act”). Because the underlying purpose of section 208(a)(2)(A) is to provide asylum seekers with access to only one of the ACA signatory countries' protection systems, this rule adopts a modified approach to the expedited removal (“ER”) and section 240 processes in the form of a threshold screening as to which country will consider the alien's claim. This rule will apply to all ACAs in force between the United States and countries other than Canada, including bilateral ACAs recently entere…
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Citation: 84 FR 63994
