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On June 3, 2024, the President signed Proclamation 10773 under sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, finding that the entry into the United States of certain aliens during emergency border circumstances would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and suspending and limiting the entry of those aliens across the southern border. The Proclamation directed DHS and DOJ ("the Departments") to promptly consider issuing regulations addressing the circumstances at the southern border, including any warranted limitations and conditions on asylum eligibility. The Departments issued an interim final rule, 89 FR 48710, in response to the Proclamation. Under the IFR, certain aliens who enter across the southern border while encounters are above thresholds described in the Proclamation will be ineligible for asylum unless they demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that exceptionally compelling circumstances exist, and will be subject to certain revised processing standards and procedures applicable to the expedited removal process. On October 7, 2024, the Departments published a final rule, 89 FR 81156, responding to the public comments received on the IFR. The final rule also requested comment on potential changes to the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule, as well as changes made to the IFR’s encounter thresholds that parallel modifications made by a subsequent Proclamation amending Proclamation 10773. The Departments will consider the comments received in any future rulemaking actions on this subject.