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Rules and Regulations
Federal Register Vol. 86, No. 53
Monday, March 22, 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. 50042021
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. As of January 21, 2021, the Departments delayed the rules effective date for 60 days to March 22, 2021. In this rule, the Departments are further extending and delaying the rules effective date to December 31, 2021. In addition, in light of evolving information regarding the best approaches to mitigating the spread of communicable disease, the Departments are also considering action to rescind or
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revise the Security Bars rule. The Departments are seeking public comment on whether that rule represents an effective way to protect public health while reducing barriers for noncitizens seeking forms of protection in the United States, or whether the Security Bars rule should be revised or revoked.
DATES: As of March 22, 2021, the effective date of the final rule published at 85 FR 84160 Dec. 23, 2020, which was delayed by the rule published at 86
FR 6847 Jan. 25, 2021, is further delayed by this interim final rule until December 31, 2021.
Submission of public comments:
Comments must be submitted on or before April 21, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by DHS Docket No. USCIS
20200013, by any one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal strongly preferred: http
www.regulations.gov. Follow the website instructions for submitting comments. If you submit comments using the eRulemaking portal, please do not submit a duplicate written comment via postal mail.
Mail: If you wish to submit a paper comment in lieu of an electronic submission, please direct the mail/
shipment to: Lauren Alder Reid, Assistant Director, Office of Policy, Executive Office for Immigration Review, 5107 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1800, Falls Church, VA 22041. To ensure proper handling, please reference DHS
Docket No. USCIS20200013 in your correspondence. Mail must be postmarked by the comment submission deadline. Please note that the Departments cannot accept any comments that are hand-delivered or couriered. In addition, the Departments cannot accept mailed comments contained on any form of digital media storage devices, such as CDs/DVDs and USB drives. If you submit a written comment via postal mail, please do not submit a duplicate comment using the eRulemaking portal.
Comments submitted in a manner other than those listed above, including emails or letters sent to DHS or U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services officials, or DOJ or Executive Office for Immigration Review officials, will not be considered comments on this final
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rule and may not receive a response from the Departments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For USCIS: Andrew Davidson, Asylum Division Chief, Refugee, Asylum and International Affairs Directorate, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS; telephone 2407213000 not a toll-free call.
For EOIR: Lauren Alder Reid, Assistant Director, Office of Policy, Executive Office for Immigration Review, telephone 703 3050289 not a toll-free call.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation Interested persons are invited to submit comments on any aspect of this action, as well as a potential future rulemaking rescinding or amending 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 change or rescission.
All comments submitted should include the agency name U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services and Docket No. USCIS 20200013.
Please note that all comments received are considered part of the public record and made available for public inspection at www.regulations.gov. Such information includes personally identifiable information such as a persons name, address, or any other data that might personally identify that individual that the commenter voluntarily submits. You may wish to consider limiting the amount of personal information that you provide in any voluntary public comment submission that you make to DHS. DHS
may withhold information provided in comments from public viewing if it determines that it may impact the privacy of an individual or is offensive.
For additional information, please read the Privacy and Security Notice, which is available at http
www.regulations.gov.
II. Background and Basis for Delay On December 23, 2020, the Departments published the Security Bars rule to amend existing regulations
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