1125-AA94 201910 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1125 Executive Office for Immigration Review EOIR 1100 Department of Justice DOJ Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review

The Department of Justice and DHS propose to amend regulations governing the standards and procedures for making credible fear determinations or reasonable fear determinations for aliens who are subject to expedited removal, but who want to seek asylum or express a fear of persecution or torture.  The Departments also propose changes to the regulations regarding applications for asylum and withholding of removal, including what must be included for a complete application, the definition of terms, the procedures for adjudicating those claims, factors relevant for the exercise of discretion, and the standards for finding an asylum application frivolous.

]]> Other Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Undetermined No Other 8 CFR 1003 8 CFR 1208 8 CFR 1235 8 U.S.C. 1103(g) 8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(C) 8 U.S.C. 1158(d)(5)(B) 8 U.S.C. 1225 8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3) No NPRM 11/00/2019 EOIR Docket No. 19-0020 No No Federal No No No No 1615-AC42 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