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DHS/USCIS

RIN: 1615-AB89

Publication ID: Spring 2014

Title: Exception to the Persecution Bar for Asylum, Refugee, and Temporary Protected Status, and Withholding of Removal
Abstract: This joint rule proposes amendments to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations to describe the circumstances under which an applicant will continue to be eligible for asylum, refugee, or temporary protected status, special rule cancellation of removal under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act, and withholding of removal, even if DHS or DOJ has determined that the applicant's actions contributed, in some way, to the persecution of others when the applicant's actions were taken when the applicant was under duress.
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 8 CFR 1    8 CFR 207    8 CFR 208    8 CFR 240    8 CFR 244    8 CFR 1001    8 CFR 1208    8 CFR 1240
Legal Authority: 8 USC 1101    8 USC 1103    8 USC 1158    8 USC 1226    PL 107-26    PL 110-229

Legal Deadline:  None

Timetable: Action Date FR Cite NPRM  12/00/2014

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Related Agencies: Joint: DOJ;
Agency Contact: Ronald W. Whitney Deputy Chief, Refugee and Asylum Law Division Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Camp Springs, MD 20746 Phone:240 721-3000