Deferred Enforced Departure and Employment Authorization Extension for Liberians

Policy effect

Extends Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for eligible Liberian nationals and habitual residents present in the United States for an additional 18 months from March 31, 2010, and authorizes employment for eligible individuals. Phase scope: Nationwide for eligible Liberians under existing grant of DED as of March 31, 2010

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Extends Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for eligible Liberian nationals and habitual residents present in the United States for an additional 18 months from March 31, 2010, and authorizes employment for eligible individuals.; Phase scope: Nationwide for eligible Liberians under existing grant of DED as of March 31, 2010

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

The grant of DED only applies to an individual who has continuously resided in the United States since October 1, 2002, except for Liberian nationals, or persons without nationality who last habitually resided in Liberia: (1) who are ineligible for TPS for the reasons provided in section 244(c)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2)(B); (2) whose removal you determine is in the interest of the United States; (3) whose presence or activities in the United States the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to believe would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States; (4) who have voluntarily returned to Liberia or his or her country of last habitual residence outside the United States; (5) who were deported, excluded, or removed prior to the date of this memorandum; or (6) who are subject to extradition. Accordingly, I direct you to take the necessary steps to implement for eligible Liberians: (1) a deferral of enforced departure from the United States for 18 months from March 31, 2010; and (2) authorization for employment for 18 months from March 31, 2010.

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

Other United States changes operative in 2010

• 2010-01-04HIV-based inadmissibility and required immigration HIV testing removed
• 2010-01-08USCIS Guidance on Determining Employer-Employee Relationship in H-1B Petitions
• 2010-01-21Designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status
• 2010-03-15Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Aliens in the United States
• 2010-04-05incorporates the exemption for facilities in Guam, the CNMI, and the Virgin Islands from certain cost reporting criteria necessary for H-1C eligibility under sec.
• 2010-07-06Extension of the Designation of Nicaragua for Temporary Protected Status and Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documentation
• 2010-08-13Border Security Supplemental H-1B Nonimmigrant Fee Surcharge
• 2010-08-13Border Security Supplemental L-1 Nonimmigrant Fee Surcharge
• 2010-11-23Humanitarian parole applications made eligible for hardship fee waivers
• 2010-11-23Military members and veterans exempted from citizenship certificate application fees
• 2010-11-23Refugee travel-document application fees reduced under the 2010 USCIS fee schedule
• 2010-11-30International Adoption Simplification Act of 2010