Application of Certain Mandatory Bars in Fear Screenings

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• Document number: 2024-29617
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: December 18, 2024
• Effective: January 17, 2025
• Agency: Homeland Security Department

Official abstract

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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