Eliminating Exception to Expedited Removal Authority for Cuban Nationals Arriving by Air

Status: In force. The effective date has passed and nothing here records a change to that.

From the published effective date. Nothing here records a court changing it.

• Document number: 2017-00915
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: January 17, 2017
• Effective: January 13, 2017
• Comments close: March 20, 2017
• Agency: Homeland Security Department; Office of the Secretary

Official abstract

This final rule revises Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations to eliminate the categorical exception from expedited removal proceedings for Cuban nationals who arrive in the United States at a port of entry by aircraft. As a result of these changes, Cuban nationals who arrive in the United States at a port of entry by aircraft will be subject to expedited removal proceedings commensurate with nationals of other countries.

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