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DHS/USCIS | RIN: 1615-AB77 | Publication ID: Fall 2015 |
Title: Application of Immigration Regulations to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | |
Abstract:
This final rule amends the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations to comply with the CNRA. The CNRA extends the immigration laws of the United States to the CNMI. This rule finalizes the interim rule and implements conforming amendments to their respective regulations. |
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Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 8 CFR 212.4(k)(1) and (2) 8 CFR 214.16(a), (b), (c) and (d) 8 CFR 245.1(d)(1)(v) and (vi) 8 CFR 274a.12(b)(24) 8 CFR 1245.1(d)(1)(v), (vi), and (vii) 8 CFR 2 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.) | |
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 110-229 8 U.S.C. 1101 and note 8 U.S.C. 1102 8 U.S.C. 1103 8 U.S.C. 1182 and note 8 U.S.C. 1184 8 U.S.C. 1187 8 U.S.C. 1223 8 U.S.C. 1225 8 U.S.C. 1226 8 U.S.C. 1227 8 U.S.C. 1255 8 U.S.C. 1185 note 8 U.S.C. 48 U.S.C. 1806 8 U.S.C. 1186a 8 U.S.C. 1187 8 U.S.C. 1221 8 U.S.C. 1281 8 U.S.C. 1282 8 U.S.C. 1301 to 1305 and 1372 Pub. L. 104-208 Pub. L. 106-386 Compacts of Free Association with the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and with the Government of Palau, sec 141 48 U.S.C. 1901 note and 1931 note Pub. L. 105-100 Pub. L. 105-277 8 U.S.C. 1324a |
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Overall Description of Deadline: Public Law 110-229, the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (CNRA), was enacted on May 8, 2008. Title VII of this statute extended the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). |
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Statement of Need: This rule finalizes the interim rule to conform existing regulations with the CNRA. Some of the changes implemented under the CNRA affect existing regulations governing both DHS immigration policy and procedures and proceedings before the immigration judges and the Board. Accordingly, it is necessary to make amendments both to the DHS regulations and to the DOJ regulations. The Secretary and the Attorney General are making conforming amendments to their respective regulations in this single rulemaking document. |
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Summary of the Legal Basis: Congress extended the immigration laws of the United States to the CNMI. The stated purpose of the CNRA is to ensure effective border control procedures, to properly address national security and homeland security concerns by extending U.S. immigration law to the CNMI (phasing-out the CNMI's nonresident contract worker program while minimizing to the greatest extent practicable the potential adverse economic and fiscal effects of that phase-out), to maximize the CNMI's potential for future economic and business growth, and to assure worker protections from the potential for abuse and exploitation. |
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Anticipated Costs and Benefits: Costs: The interim rule established basic provisions necessary for the application of the INA to the CNMI and updated definitions and existing DHS and DOJ regulations in areas that were confusing or in conflict with how they are to be applied to implement the INA in the CNMI. As such, that rule made no changes that had identifiable direct or indirect economic impacts that could be quantified. Benefits: This final rule makes regulatory changes in order to lessen the adverse impacts of the CNRA on employers and employees in the CNMI and assist the CNMI in its transition to the INA. |
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Additional Information: CIS 2460-08 | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes | |
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov | Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Related RINs: Related to 1615-AB76, Related to 1615-AB75 | |
Agency Contact: Lori S. MacKenzie Division Chief, Operations Policy & Stakeholder Communications, Immigrant Investor Program Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 131 M Street NE., Washington, DC 20529-2200 Phone:202 357-9214 Email: lori.s.mackenzie@uscis.dhs.gov |