1125-AA63 202404 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1125 Executive Office for Immigration Review EOIR 1100 Department of Justice DOJ Application of the Serious Nonpolitical Crime Bar to Asylum and Withholding of Removal for Recruitment or Use of Child Soldiers

The Child Soldier Accountability Act of 2008 (CSAA) establishes a criminal offense for the recruitment or use of child soldiers, and also establishes grounds of inadmissibility and removability for noncitizens who have engaged in such recruitment or use. In addition, the Immigration and Nationality Act and immigration regulations provide that individuals who committed a serious nonpolitical crime are subject to a mandatory bar to asylum and withholding of removal. The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice propose to amend their companion immigration regulations to specify that noncitizens who are inadmissible or deportable for recruitment or use of child soldiers are considered ineligible for asylum and withholding of removal due to the serious nonpolitical crime bar.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Long-Term Actions No No 8 CFR 208 8 CFR 1208 8 U.S.C. 1103 8 U.S.C. 1158 8 U.S.C. 1226 8 U.S.C. 1252 8 U.S.C. 1282 8 CFR 2 Pub. L. 110-340 (122 Stat. 3735) ... Statutory Final 12/02/2008 No NPRM To Be Determined No None No No www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov No No 1615-AB79 Related to 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS Joint Raechel Horowitz Chief, Immigration Law Division, Office of Policy 1125 Executive Office for Immigration Review EOIR 703 305-0289 pao.eoir@usdoj.gov 5107 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1800, Falls Church VA 22041