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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 118 / Wednesday, June 23, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
integrated U.S. government effort and guided by the objective analysis and recommendations of public health and medical experts, DHS is working closely with counterparts in Mexico and Canada to identify conditions under which restrictions may be eased safely and sustainably.
The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP is hereby directed to prepare and distribute appropriate guidance to CBP personnel on the continued implementation of the temporary measures set forth in this Notification. The CBP Commissioner may determine that other forms of travel, such as travel in furtherance of economic stability or social order, constitute essential travel under this Notification. Further, the CBP
Commissioner may, on an individualized basis and for humanitarian reasons or for other purposes in the national interest, permit the processing of travelers to the United States not engaged in essential travel.
Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection 19 CFR Chapter I
Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions Applicable to Land Ports of Entry and Ferries Service Between the United States and Mexico Office of the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security; U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notification of continuation of temporary travel restrictions.
AGENCY:

This document announces the decision of the Secretary of Homeland Security Secretary to continue to temporarily limit the travel of individuals from Mexico into the United States at land ports of entry along the United States-Mexico border. Such travel will be limited to essential travel, as further defined in this document.

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SUMMARY:

These restrictions go into effect at 12 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time EDT
on June 22, 2021 and will remain in effect until 11:59 p.m. EDT on July 21, 2021, unless amended or rescinded prior to that time.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephanie Watson, Office of Field Operations Coronavirus Coordination Cell, U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP at 2023250840.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background On March 24, 2020, DHS published notice of its decision to temporarily limit the travel of individuals from Mexico into the United States at land ports of entry along the United StatesMexico border to essential travel, as further defined in that document.1 The document described the developing circumstances regarding the COVID19
pandemic and stated that, given the outbreak and continued transmission and spread of the virus associated with COVID19 within the United States and globally, DHS had determined that the risk of continued transmission and spread of the virus associated with COVID19 between the United States and Mexico posed a specific threat to human life or national interests. DHS
later published a series of notifications continuing such limitations on travel until 11:59 p.m. EDT on June 21, 2021.2
DHS continues to monitor and respond to the COVID19 pandemic. As of the week of June 14, 2021, there have been over 172 million confirmed cases globally, with over 3.7 million confirmed deaths.3 There have been over 33 million confirmed and probable cases within the United States,4 over 1.3
1 85 FR 16547 Mar. 24, 2020. That same day, DHS also published notice of its decision to temporarily limit the travel of individuals from Canada into the United States at land ports of entry along the United States-Canada border to essential travel, as further defined in that document. 85 FR
16548 Mar. 24, 2020.
2 See 86 FR 27800 May 24, 2021; 86 FR 21189
Apr. 22, 2021; 86 FR 14813 Mar. 19, 2021; 86
FR 10816 Feb. 23, 2021; 86 FR 4967 Jan. 19, 2021; 85 FR 83433 Dec. 22, 2020; 85 FR 74604
Nov. 23, 2020; 85 FR 67275 Oct. 22, 2020; 85 FR
59669 Sept. 23, 2020; 85 FR 51633 Aug. 21, 2020; 85 FR 44183 July 22, 2020; 85 FR 37745
June 24, 2020; 85 FR 31057 May 22, 2020; 85 FR
22353 Apr. 22, 2020. DHS also published parallel notifications of its decisions to continue temporarily limiting the travel of individuals from Canada into the United States at land ports of entry along the United States-Canada border to essential travel. See 86 FR 27802 May 24, 2021; 86 FR
21188 Apr. 22, 2021; 86 FR 14812 Mar. 19, 2021;
86 FR 10815 Feb. 23, 2021; 86 FR 4969 Jan. 19, 2021; 85 FR 83432 Dec. 22, 2020; 85 FR 74603
Nov. 23, 2020; 85 FR 67276 Oct. 22, 2020; 85 FR
59670 Sept. 23, 2020; 85 FR 51634 Aug. 21, 2020; 85 FR 44185 July 22, 2020; 85 FR 37744
June 24, 2020; 85 FR 31050 May 22, 2020; 85 FR
22352 Apr. 22, 2020.
3 WHO, Coronavirus disease 2019 COVID19
Weekly Epidemiological Update June 8, 2021, available at https www.who.int/emergencies/
diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports accessed June 14, 2021.
4 CDC, COVID Data Tracker: United States COVID19 Cases, Deaths, and Laboratory Testing
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million confirmed cases in Canada,5 and over 2.4 million confirmed cases in Mexico.6
DHS also notes positive developments in recent weeks. CDC reports that, as of June 14, over 310 million vaccine doses have been administered in the United States and almost 55% of adults in the United States are fully vaccinated.7 On June 7, 2021, CDC moved Canada and Mexico from COVID19 Level 4 Very High to Level 3 High in recognition of conditions that, while still requiring significant safeguards, are improving. 8
Notice of Action Given the outbreak and continued transmission and spread of COVID19
within the United States and globally, the Secretary has determined that the risk of continued transmission and spread of the virus associated with COVID19 between the United States and Mexico poses an ongoing specific threat to human life or national interests.
U.S. and Mexican officials have mutually determined that non-essential travel between the United States and Mexico currently poses additional risk of transmission and spread of the virus associated with COVID19 and places the populace of both nations at increased risk of contracting the virus associated with COVID19. Moreover, given the sustained human-to-human transmission of the virus, coupled with risks posed by new variants, returning to previous levels of travel between the two nations places the personnel staffing land ports of entry between the United States and Mexico, as well as the individuals traveling through these ports of entry, at increased risk of exposure to the virus associated with NAATs by State, Territory, and Jurisdiction June 13, 2021, https covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/
cases_casesper100klast7days accessed June 14, 2021.
5 WHO, COVID19 Weekly Epidemiological Update June 8, 2021.
6 Id.
7 See CDC, COVID Data Tracker: COVID19
Vaccinations in the United States June 14, 2021, https covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/
vaccinations accessed June 15, 2021.
8 See CDC, Travel Notice; COVID19 in Canada June 7, 2021, https wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/
notices/covid-4/coronavirus-canada accessed June 10, 2021; CDC, Travel Notice: COVID19 in Mexico June 7, 2021, https wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/
notices/covid-4/coronavirus-mexico accessed June 10, 2021. In addition, on June 8, 2021, the Department of State moved Canada and Mexico from Level 4 Do Not Travel to Level 3 Reconsider Travel. See Department of State, Canada Travel Advisory June 8, 2021, https travel.state.gov/
content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/
canada-travel-advisory.html accessed June 10, 2021; Department of State, Mexico Travel Advisory June 8, 2021, https travel.state.gov/content/
travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/mexicotravel-advisory.html accessed June 10, 2021.

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