United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2020_register executive 2020-10-21 article Part IV Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7b5fd25 D09002ee1c7b607e2 United States Department of Homeland Security originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Department of Justice originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Executive Office for Immigration Review originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency On December 19, 2019, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") (collectively, "the Departments") published a notice of proposed rulemaking ("NPRM") that would amend their respective regulations governing the bars to asylum eligibility. The Departments also proposed to clarify the effect of criminal convictions and to remove their respective regulations governing the automatic reconsideration of discretionary denials of asylum applications. This final rule ("final rule" or "rule") responds to comments received and adopts the provisions of the NPRM with technical corrections to ensure clarity and internal consistency. 85 FR 67202 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2020-10-21/2020-23159 2020-23159 fr21oc20-5 RIN 1615-AC41 RIN 1125-AA87 4410-30-P 9111-97-P EOIR Docket No. 18-0002 A.G. Order No. 4873-2020 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2020-10-21/2020-23159 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-10-21/html/2020-23159.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-10-21/pdf/2020-23159.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Aliens Immigration Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 59 p. 67202 67260 85 FR 67202 Title 8 Part 1208 8 CFR Part 1208 Title 8 Part 208 8 CFR Part 208 RIN 1615-AC41 RIN 1125-AA87 Procedures for Asylum and Bars to Asylum Eligibility; Federal Register Vol. 85, Issue RULE 2020-23159 IV DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Executive Office for Immigration Review 2020-11-20 EOIR Docket No. 18-0002 A.G. Order No. 4873-2020 4410-30-P 9111-97-P 2020-23159 Final rule.

On December 19, 2019, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") (collectively, "the Departments") published a notice of proposed rulemaking ("NPRM") that would amend their respective regulations governing the bars to asylum eligibility. The Departments also proposed to clarify the effect of criminal convictions and to remove their respective regulations governing the automatic reconsideration of discretionary denials of asylum applications. This final rule ("final rule" or "rule") responds to comments received and adopts the provisions of the NPRM with technical corrections to ensure clarity and internal consistency.

This rule is effective on November 20, 2020. Lauren Alder Reid, Assistant Director, Office of Policy, Executive Office for Immigration Review, 5107 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1800, Falls Church, VA 22041, telephone (703) 305-0289 (not a toll-free call). Administrative Practice and Procedure Aliens Immigration Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Procedures for Asylum and Bars to Asylum Eligibility, https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R45147.pdf https://theintercept.com/2019/04/29/ice-documents-prosecute-migrant-parents-smugglers/ https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/19_0129_OPA_migrant-protection-protocols-policy-guidance.pdf https://www.justice.gov/eoir/file/1149286/download https://www.justice.gov/eoir/find-legal-representation https://www.justice.gov/eoir/office-of-legal-access-programs https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1060841/download https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1062991/download https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1106366/download https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1112581/download https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1242156/download https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1242166/download https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1242501/download https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1248491/download https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1258536/download https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1015996/download https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discretion https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/nyregion/ms-13-long-island.html https://www.unhcr.org/4d9486929.pdf https://www.whitehouse https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/protecting-american-communities-violence-ms-13/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020-NDCS.pdf regulations.gov whitehouse.gov/files/omb/memoranda/2017/M-17-21-OMB.pdf Vol. 85, no. 204 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2020-10-21 continuing daily deposited born digital 399 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2020-10-21 P0b002ee1a901eb64 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr21oc20 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2020-10-21 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-10-21/pdf/FR-2020-10-21.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-10-21/xml/FR-2020-10-21.xml fdlp 66873 67260 DGPO 2020-10-21 2024-05-30 FR-2020-10-21 machine generated eng FR FR-2020-10-21 85 204