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Final Rule In effect Asylum

Application of Certain Mandatory Bars in Fear Screenings

Agency: Homeland Security Department

Document #: 2024-29617

Published: December 18, 2024

Effective: January 17, 2025

Docket: CIS No. 2776-24

Who this affects

  • Asylum seekers and refugees

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Summary

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS or Department) is amending its regulations to allow asylum officers (AOs) to consider the potential applicability of certain bars to asylum and statutory withholding of removal during credible fear and reasonable fear screenings, including credible fear screenings where the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways or Securing the Border rules apply. The rule is intended to enhance operational flexibility and help DHS more swiftly remove certain noncitizens who are barred from asylum and statutory withholding of removal.

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