    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 10131 of December 31, 2020
    Suspension of Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Who Continue To
    Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic
    Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
    By the President of the United States of America
    A Proclamation
    In Proclamation 10014 of April 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of
    Immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During
    the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak), I
    suspended, for a period of 60 days, the entry of aliens as immigrants,
    subject to certain exceptions. In Proclamation 10052 of June 22, 2020
    (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Who Present a Risk
    to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following
    the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak), I determined that the
    considerations present in Proclamation 10014 remained, and I extended
    the suspension of entry imposed in Proclamation 10014 through December
    31, 2020. I further noted that the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary
    of Homeland Security had reviewed nonimmigrant programs and found that
    the admission of workers within several nonimmigrant visa categories
    also posed a risk of displacing and disadvantaging United States workers
    during the economic recovery following the COVID-19 outbreak.
    Consequently, I suspended, through December 31, 2020, the entry of any
    alien seeking entry pursuant to certain nonimmigrants visas, subject to
    certain exceptions.
    The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to significantly disrupt
    Americans' livelihoods. While the November overall unemployment rate in
    the United States of 6.7 percent reflects a marked decline from its
    April high, there were still 9,834,000 fewer seasonally adjusted nonfarm
    jobs in November than in February of 2020.
    The effects of COVID-19 on the United States labor market and on the
    health of American communities is a matter of ongoing national concern,
    and the considerations present in Proclamations 10014 and 10052 have not
    been eliminated. The current number of new daily cases worldwide
    reported by the World Health Organization, for example, is higher than
    the comparable number present during June, and while therapeutics and
    vaccines are recently available for an increasing num-

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    ber of Americans, their effect on the labor market and community health
    has not yet been fully realized. Moreover, actions such as States'
    continued imposition of restrictions on businesses still affect the
    number of workers that can be hired as compared with February of 2020.
    Given these factors, an extension of Proclamations 10014 and 10052 is
    appropriate as the President continues to monitor the effects of the
    COVID-19 pandemic and assess whether a further continuation,
    modification, or termination of Proclamations 10014 and 10052 is
    warranted.
    NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States, by
    the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
    United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the
    Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a)) and
    section 301 of title 3, United States Code, hereby find that the entry
    into the United States of persons described in section 1 of Proclamation
    10014, except as provided in section 2 of Proclamation 10014, and
    persons described in section 2 of Proclamation 10052, except as provided
    for in section 3 of Proclamation 10052 (as amended by Proclamation 10054
    of June 29, 2020 (Amendment to Proclamation 10052)), would be
    detrimental to the interests of the United States, and that their entry
    should be subject to certain restrictions, limitations, and exceptions.
    I therefore hereby proclaim the following:
    Section 1. Continuation of Proclamation 10014. Section 4 of Proclamation
    10014 is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 4. Termination. This proclamation shall expire on March 31,
    2021, and may be continued as necessary. Within 15 days of December 31,
    2020, and every 30 days thereafter while this proclamation is in effect,
    the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in consultation with the
    Secretary of State and the Secretary of Labor, recommend any
    modifications as may be necessary.'';
    Sec. 2. Continuation of Proclamation 10052. Section 6 of Proclamation
    10052 is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 6. Termination. This proclamation shall expire on March 31,
    2021, and may be continued as necessary. Within 15 days of December 31,
    2020, and every 30 days thereafter while this proclamation is in effect,
    the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in consultation with the
    Secretary of State and the Secretary of Labor, recommend any
    modifications as may be necessary.'';
    Sec. 3. Severability. It is the policy of the United States to enforce
    this proclamation to the maximum extent possible to advance the
    interests of the United States. Accordingly:
    (a) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
    provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the
    remainder of this proclamation and the application of its provisions to
    any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby; and
    (b) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
    provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid because
    of the lack of certain procedural requirements, the relevant executive
    branch officials shall implement those procedural requirements to
    conform with existing law and with any applicable court orders.
    Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be
    construed to impair or otherwise affect:

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    (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or
    agency, or the head thereof; or
    (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and
    Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
    (b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with
    applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
    (c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
    right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
    equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
    agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
    person.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
    December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
    fifth.
    DONALD J. TRUMP