[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 96 (Friday, May 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22511-22512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10209]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2019-0015]
Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Program
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of a re-established matching program.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended by the
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 and the Computer
Matching and Privacy Protections Amendment of 1990 (Privacy Act), and
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on the conduct of
matching programs, notice is hereby given of the re-establishment of a
matching program between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the New Jersey
Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJ-LWD). NJ-LWD will
match against DHS-USCIS data to verify the immigration status of non-
U.S. citizens who apply for federal benefits (Benefit Applicants) under
Unemployment Compensation (UC) programs that NJ-LWD administers to
determine whether Benefit Applicants possess the requisite immigration
status to be eligible for the UC it administers.
DATES: Please submit comments on the proposal by June 17, 2019. The
matching program will be effective on June 17, 2019 unless comments
have been received from interested members of the public that require
modification and republication of the notice. The matching program will
continue for 18 months from the beginning date and may be extended an
additional 12 months if the conditions specified in 5 U.S.C.
552a(o)(2)(D) have been met.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number DHS-
2019-0015 by one of the following methods:
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 202-343-4010.
Mail: Jonathan R. Cantor, Acting Chief Privacy Officer,
Privacy Office, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528-
0655.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number DHS 2019-0015. All comments received will be posted
without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions about this
matching program or obtain additional information about the program,
including requesting a copy of the Computer Matching Agreement between
DHS-USCIS and NJ-LWD, please contact Jonathan M. Mills, Acting Chief,
USCIS SAVE Program at (202) 306-9874. For privacy questions, please
contact Jonathan R. Cantor, (202) 343-1717, Acting Chief Privacy
Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528-0655.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DHS-USCIS provides this notice in accordance
with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended by the
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-503)
and the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Amendments of 1990
(Pub. L. 101-508) (Privacy Act); Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Final Guidance Interpreting the Provisions of Public Law 100-503, the
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, 54 FR 25818 (June
19, 1989); and OMB Circular A-108, 81 FR 94424 (December 23, 2016).
Participating Agencies: DHS-USCIS and NJ-LWD.
Authority for Conducting the Matching Program: Section 121 of the
Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986, Public Law 99-603,
as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2168
(1996), requires DHS to establish a system for the verification of
immigration status of alien applicants for, or recipients of, certain
types of benefits as specified within IRCA, and to make this system
available to state agencies that administer such benefits. The Illegal
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA),
Public Law 104-208, 110 State. 3009 (1996) grants federal, state or
local government agencies seeking to verify or ascertain the
citizenship or immigration status of any individual within the
jurisdiction of the agency with the authority to request such
information from DHS-USCIS for any purpose authorized by law.
Purpose: The purpose of this Agreement is to re-establish the terms
and conditions governing NJ-LWD's access to, and use of, the DHS-USCIS
Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Program, which
provides immigration status information from federal immigration
records to authorized users. NJ-LWD will use the SAVE Program to verify
the immigration status of non U.S. citizens who apply for federal
benefits (Benefit Applicants) under Unemployment Compensation (UC)
programs that it administers. NJ-LWD will use the information obtained
through the SAVE Program to determine whether Benefit Applicants
possess the requisite immigration status to be eligible for the UC
benefits administered by NJ-LWD.
Categories of Individuals: The individuals about whom DHS-USCIS
maintains information, which is contained in its Verification
Information System (VIS) database used by the SAVE Program to verify
immigration status, that are involved in this matching program include
aliens, those naturalized, and to the extent those that have applied
for Certificates of Citizenship, derived U.S. citizens, on whom DHS-
USCIS has a record as an applicant, petitioner, sponsor, or
beneficiary. The individuals about whom NJ-LWD maintains information
that is involved in this matching program include non-citizen Benefit
Applicants for, or recipients of, UC administered by NJ-LWD.
Categories of Records: The categories of records involved in the
data match from NJ-LWD records include information about those
individuals who have applied for or are eligible for Unemployment
Compensation (UC) administered by NJ-LWD. Specifically, data elements
may include: Alien Registration Number (also referred to as USCIS
Number); I-94 Number; Full name; Date of Birth; Nationality; and U.S.
Social Security number. Data elements contained within DHS-USCIS's
records to be matched with the NJ-LWD data may consist of the
following: Alien Registration Number; Full name; Country of Birth (not
nationality); U.S. Social Security number (if available); Date of
Entry; Immigration Status Data; and Sponsorship Data. For those
individuals for whom DHS-USCIS has a record that matches a record in
NJ-LWD's holdings, DHS-USCIS will provide NJ-LWD the following
information: Alien Registration Number; Full name; Date of Birth;
Country of Birth (not nationality); Date of Entry; Additional
biographical data; Immigration Status Data; and Employment Eligibility
Data.
System of Records: DHS/USCIS-004 Systematic Alien Verification for
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Entitlements (SAVE) System of Records Notice, 81 FR 78619 (Nov. 8,
2016).
Jonathan R. Cantor,
Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
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