[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 86946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28924]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615-0124]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Withdrawal of 60-Day 
Notice: Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

ACTION: Notice; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services (USCIS) is withdrawing the Federal Register 
Notice published on November 13, 2020.

DATES: December 31, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 
Regulatory Coordination Division, Samantha Deshommes, Chief, telephone 
number (240) 721-3000 (This is not a toll-free number.). It is not for 
individual case status inquiries. Applicants seeking information about 
the status of their individual cases can check Case Status Online, 
available at the USCIS website at https://www.uscis.gov, or call the 
USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283 (TTY 800-767-1833).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of November 13, 2020 (85 FR 72682), ``Agency Information 
Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection; 
Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals'', USCIS 
requested comment on the information collection activity.
    Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies 
are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each 
proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension 
of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for 
public comment in response to the notice.
    USCIS recently announced that in compliance with an order of a 
United States District Court, effective December 7, 2020, USCIS is 
accepting first-time requests for consideration of deferred action 
under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) based on the terms 
of the DACA policy in effect prior to September 5, 2017, and in 
accordance with the Court's December 4, 2020, order;. See, Batalla 
Vidal et al v. Wolf et al, 1:16-cv-04756-NGG-VMS (E.D. N.Y., Dec. 4, 
2020). DHS will comply with the order while it remains in effect, but 
DHS may seek relief from the order. In light of these developments and 
their implications for revising the USCIS Form I-821D as planned with 
the November 13, 2020 Federal Register Notice, USCIS has decided not to 
seek to revise the collection of information at this time and will 
instead continue to maintain the form in its current state. USCIS will 
extend, without change, the currently approved collection of 
information and will use the notice provided on July 20, 2020 (85 FR 
46882) that sought comments for 60 days. USCIS will be publishing a 
separate 30-day Federal Register notice seeking comment on the 
extension and submitting the information collection request to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

    Dated: December 23, 2020.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland 
Security.
[FR Doc. 2020-28924 Filed 12-30-20; 8:45 am]
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