Securing the Border

<RULE> DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY <CFR>8 CFR Parts 208 and 235</CFR> <DEPDOC>[USCIS Docket No. USCIS-2024-0006]</DEPDOC> <RIN>RIN 1615-AC92</RIN> DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE <SUBAGY>Executive Office for Immigration Review</SUBAGY> <CFR>8 CFR Part 1208</CFR> <DEPDOC>[A.G. Order No. 5943-2024]</DEPDOC> <RIN>RIN 1125-AB32</RIN> <SUBJECT>Securing the Border</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”), Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”); Executive Office for Immigration Review (“EOIR”), Department of Justice (“DOJ”). <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Interim final rule (“IFR”) with request for comments. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> On June 3, 2024, the President signed a Proclamation under sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), finding that the entry into the United States of certain noncitizens during emergency border circumstances would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and suspending and limiting the entry of those noncitizens. The Proclamation directed DHS and DOJ to promptly consider issuing regulations addressing the circumstances at the southern border, including any warranted limitations and conditions on asylum eligibility. The Departments are now issuing this IFR. </SUM> <EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> <E T="03">Effective date:</E> This IFR is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 5, 2024. <E T="03">Submission of public comments:</E> Comments must be submitted on or before July 8, 2024. The electronic Federal Docket Management System will accept comments prior to midnight eastern time at the end of that day. </EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">ADDRESSES:</HD> You may submit comments on this IFR, identified by USCIS Docket No. USCIS-2024-0006, through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: <E T="03">https://www.regulations.gov.</E> Follow the website instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted in a manner other than the one listed above, including emails or letters sent to the Departments' officials, will not be considered comments on the IFR and may not receive a response from the Departments. Please note that the Departments cannot accept any comments that are hand-delivered or couriered. In addition, the Departments cannot accept comments contained on any form of digital media storage devices, such as CDs/DVDs and USB drives. The Departments are not accepting mailed comments at this time. If you cannot submit your comment by using <E T="03">https://www.regulations.gov,</E> please contact the Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, by telephone at (240) 721-3000 for alternate instructions. <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> <E T="03">For DHS:</E> Daniel Delgado, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Immigration Policy, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; telephone (202) 447-3459 (not a toll-free call). <E T="03">For the Executive Office for Immigration Review:</E> Lauren Alder Reid, Assistant Director, Office of Policy, EOIR, Department of Justice, 5107 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041; telephone (703) 305-0289 (not a toll-free call). </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Table of Contents</HD> <EXTRACT> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">I. Public Participation</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">II. Executive Summary</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">A. Background and Purpose</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">B. Legal Authority</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">C. Summary of Provisions of the IFR</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">III. Discussion of the IFR</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">A. Current Framework</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">1. Asylum, Statutory Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">2. Expedited Removal and Screenings in the Credible Fear Process</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">3. Lawful Pathways Condition on Asylum Eligibility</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">B. Justification</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">1. Global Migration at Record Levels</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">2. Need for These Measures</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">3. Description of the Rule and Explanation of Regulatory Changes</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">C. Section-by-Section Description of Amendments</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">1. 8 CFR 208.13 and 1208.13</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">2. 8 CFR 208.35</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">3. 8 CFR 1208.35</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">4. 8 CFR 235.15</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">IV. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">A. Administrative Procedure Act</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">1. Foreign Affairs</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">2. Good Cause</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">B. Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review), Executive Order 13563 (Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review), and Executive Order 14094 (Modernizing Regulatory Review)</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">C. Regulatory Flexibility Act</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">E. Congressional Review Act</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">F. Executive Order 13132 (Federalism)</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">G. Executive Order 12988 (Civil Justice Reform)</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">H. Family Assessment</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">I. Executive Order 13175 (Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments)</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">J. National Environmental Policy Act</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">K. Paperwork Reduction Act </FP> </EXTRACT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">List of Abbreviations</HD> <EXTRACT> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">AO Asylum Officer</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">APA Administrative Procedure Act</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">BIA Board of Immigration Appeals (DOJ, EOIR)</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">CAT Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">CBP U.S. Customs and Border Protection</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">CBP One app CBP One mobile application</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">CHNV Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">DHS Department of Homeland Security</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">DOD Department of Defense</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">DOJ Department of Justice</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">EOIR Executive Office for Immigration Review</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">FARRA Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">FRP Family Reunification Parole</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">FY Fiscal Year</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">HSA Homeland Security Act of 2002</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">ICE U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">IFR Interim Final Rule</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">IIRIRA Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">IJ Immigration Judge</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">INA or the Act Immigration and Nationality Act</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">INS Immigration and Naturalization Service</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">MPP Migrant Protection Protocols</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">NGO Non-Governmental Organization</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">NEPA National Environmental Policy Act</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">NTA Notice to Appear</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">OHSS Office of Homeland Security Statistics</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">OIS Office of Immigration Statistics</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">OMB Office of Management and Budget</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">POE Port of Entry</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">RFA Regulatory Flexibility Act</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">SWB Southwest Land Border</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">TCO Transnational Criminal Organization</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">UC Unaccompanied Child, having the same meaning as Unaccompanied Alien Child as defined at 6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2)</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">UIP U.S. Customs and Border Protection Unified Immigration Portal</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">UMRA Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">USBP U.S. Border Patrol</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">USCIS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services</FP> </EXTRACT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">I. Public Participation</HD> The Departments invite all interested parties to participate in this rulemaking by submitting written data, views, comments, and arguments on all aspects of this IFR by the deadline stated above. The Departments also invite comments that relate to the economic, environmental, or federalism effects that might result from this IFR. Comments that will provide the most assistance to the Departments in implementing these changes will reference a specific portion of the IFR, explain the reason for any recommended change, and include data, information, or authority that supports such recommended change. Comments must be submitted in English, or an English translation must be provided. Comments submitted in a manner other than pursuant to the instructions, including emails or letters sent to the Departments' officials, will not be considered comments on the IFR and may not receive a response from the Departments. <E T="03">Instructions:</E> If you submit a comment, you must include the USCIS Docket No. USCIS-2024-0006 for this rulemaking. All submissions may be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at <E T="03">https://www.regulations.gov,</E> and will include any personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You may wish to consider limiting the amount of personal information that you provide in any voluntary public comment submission you make to the Departments. The Departments may withhold information provided in comments from public viewing that they determine may impact the privacy of an individual or is offensive. 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