1615-AC60 202104 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS 1600 Department of Homeland Security DHS Security Bars and Processing due to COVID-19

DHS and DOJ (collectively, the Departments) announced that they would temporarily amend their regulations to clarify that as a consequence of the global novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency, noncitizens are ineligible for asylum or withholding of removal on account of there being reasonable grounds for regarding them as a danger to the security of the United States if they enter, attempt to enter, or arrive in the U.S. across a land border in certain cases. The Departments never issued the rule, and the action is now withdrawn.

 

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions No No 8 CFR 208 8 CFR 1208 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (“IIRIRA”), Pub. L. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009, sec. 604(a) (codified at INA 208(b)(2)(C), 8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(C)) INA 241(b)(3)(B), 8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)(B) Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act (“FARRA”), Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-822, sec. 2242 (1998) INA 235(b), 8 U.S.C. 1225(b) No Withdrawn 02/26/2021 No None No No Yes 1125 Executive Office for Immigration Review EOIR Joint Andrew Davidson Asylum Division Chief, Refugee Asylum and International Affairs Directorate 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS 240 721-3000 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp Springs MD 20588-0009