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DHS/USCIS RIN: 1615-AC60 Publication ID: Spring 2021 
Title: Security Bars and Processing due to COVID-19 
Abstract:

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 The Departments never issued the rule, and the action is now withdrawn.

 

 
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 8 CFR 208    8 CFR 1208   
Legal Authority: 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)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Withdrawn  02/26/2021 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Related Agencies: Joint: DOJ/EOIR; 
Agency Contact:
Andrew Davidson
Asylum Division Chief, Refugee Asylum and International Affairs Directorate
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190,
Camp Springs, MD 20588-0009
Phone:240 721-3000