Inspection and Expedited Removal of Aliens; Detention and Removal of Aliens; Conduct of Removal Proceedings; Asylum Procedures

This rule proposes to amend the regulations of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) governing the conduct of both expedited and regular removal proceedings, and handling of asylum claims. The regulation addresses other activities involving the apprehension, detention, hearing of claims and ultimately the removal of inadmissible and deportable aliens. In addition, this rule incorporates a number of changes which are a part of the Administration's reinvention initiative, mandated in a directive signed by the President on March 4, 1995, requiring all heads of departments and agencies to conduct a page-by-page review of all regulations and to eliminate or revise those that are outdated or otherwise in need of reform. This rule is necessary to implement the provisions of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA).