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Rules and Regulations
Federal Register Vol. 86, No. 246
Tuesday, December 28, 2021

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains regulatory documents having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.
The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
8 CFR Part 208
Docket No: USCIS 20200013
RIN 1615AC57

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Executive Office for Immigration Review 8 CFR Part 1208
A.G. Order No. 52832021
RIN 1125AB08

Security Bars and Processing; Delay of Effective Date U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security; Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice.
ACTION: Interim final rule with request for comments.
AGENCY:

On December 23, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security DHS and the Department of Justice DOJ collectively, the Departments published a final rule Security Bars rule, to clarify that the danger to the security of the United States standard in the statutory bar to eligibility for asylum and withholding of removal encompasses certain emergency public health concerns and to make certain other changes. That rule was scheduled to take effect on January 22, 2021, but, as of January 21, 2021, the Departments delayed the rules effective date for 60 days to March 22, 2021. The Departments subsequently further extended and delayed the rules effective date to December 31, 2021. In this rule, the Departments are further extending and delaying the effective date of the Security Bars rule until December 31, 2022. The Departments are soliciting comments both on the
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extension until December 31, 2022, and whether the effective date of the Security Bars rule should be extended beyond that date.
DATES: Effective date: As of December 28, 2021, the effective date of the final rule published December 23, 2020, at 85
FR 84160, which was delayed January 25, 2021, at 86 FR 6847, and March 22, 2021, at 86 FR 15069, is further delayed until December 31, 2022.
Submission of public comments:
Comments must be submitted on or before February 28, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this rule, identified by DHS Docket No. USCIS 20200013, through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http
www.regulations.gov. 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 rule 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 http www.regulations.gov, please contact Samantha Deshommes, Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, by telephone at 240 721
3000 not a toll-free call for alternate instructions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For USCIS: Rena Cutlip-Mason, Chief, Division of Humanitarian Affairs, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Camp Springs, MD
205880009; telephone 240 7213000
not a toll-free call.
For EOIR: Lauren Alder Reid, Assistant Director, Office of Policy, Executive Office for Immigration Review, 5107 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041; telephone 703
3050289 not a toll-free call.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Public Participation Interested persons are invited to submit comments on this action to further extend and delay the effective date of the Security Bars rule by submitting relevant written data, views, or arguments. To provide the most assistance to the Departments, comments should reference a specific portion of the rule; explain the reason for any recommendation; and include data, information, or authority that supports the recommended course of action. Comments must be submitted in English, or an English translation must be provided. Comments submitted in a manner other than those listed above, including emails or letters sent to the Departments officials, will not be considered comments on the rule and may not receive a response from the Departments.
Instructions: If you submit a comment, you must include the agency name and the DHS Docket No. USCIS
20200013 for this rulemaking. All submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http www.regulations.gov, 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. For additional information, please read the Privacy and Security Notice available at http
www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket and to read background documents or comments received, go to http
www.regulations.gov, referencing DHS
Docket No. USCIS 20200013. You may also sign up for email alerts on the online docket to be notified when comments are posted or a final rule is published.
II. Background and Basis for Delay of Effective Date A. Background On December 23, 2020, the Departments published the Security Bars rule to amend existing regulations to clarify that in certain circumstances
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