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            <NAME>Executive Office for Immigration Review</NAME>
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<p>On November 19, 2019, the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security (collectively, "the Departments&rdquo;) published an interim final rule (IFR or rule) to modify existing regulations to provide for the implementation of agreements that the United States enters into pursuant to section 208(a)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.&nbsp; In Executive Order 14010 of February 2, 2021, the President directed the Departments to promptly review and determine whether to rescind the IFR, as well as any agency memoranda or guidance issued in reliance on that rule.&nbsp; The Departments are planning to rescind or modify the November 2019 rule.</p>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(2)(A)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1229a</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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                    <NAME>Executive Office for Immigration Review</NAME>
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