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DHS/USCIS | RIN: 1615-AC59 | Publication ID: Spring 2022 |
Title: Asylum Interview Interpreter Requirement Modification Due to COVID-19 | |
Abstract:
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is again extending the effective date (for 180 days), of its temporary final rule which modified certain regulatory requirements to help ensure that USCIS may continue with affirmative asylum adjudications during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the temporary final rule first issued by DHS on September 23, 2020, temporarily modified regulations to provide that asylum applicants who cannot proceed with the interview in English are no longer required to provide interpreters at the asylum interview but rather must ordinarily proceed with USCIS-provided telephonic interpreters. DHS first extended this temporary final rule on March 22, 2021 thru September 20, 2021. DHS again extended this temporary final rule on September 17, 2021 thru March 16, 2022. In light of the continued risk associated with transmissibility of COVID-19, and in particular with the more contagious variants and the unpredictable nature of the pandemic currently, DHS has determined that further extension of this temporary final rule is warranted to protect asylum applicants and USCIS asylum officers. |
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Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 8 CFR 208 | |
Legal Authority: The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA), Pub. L. 107-296, as amended INA 103(a)(1), 8 U.S.C. 1103(a)(1) INA 208(d)(5)(B), 8 U.S.C. 1158(d)(5)(B) |
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Federalism: No | |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Rena Cutlip-Mason Chief, Division of Humanitarian Affairs, OP&S Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Camp Springs, MD 20746 Phone:240 721-3000 |