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Asylum cooperative-agreement screening and transfer procedures created

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryUnited States
Operative dateNovember 19, 2019
CategoryEligibility
Policy toolRegulation
Affected groupPeople in expedited-removal or section 240 proceedings who are subject to an in-force asylum cooperative agreement

Policy effect

DOJ and DHS published an interim final rule establishing threshold screening procedures in expedited removal and section 240 proceedings to implement bilateral and multilateral Asylum Cooperative Agreements (ACAs), barring individuals subject to an in-force ACA from applying for asylum in the United States and providing for their transfer to an ACA signatory country.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: The screening and transfer procedures applied only where an asylum cooperative agreement was in force and directed covered people to seek protection in the partner state.

Official source excerpt

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… tional Archives and Records Administration, Implementing Bilateral and Multilateral Asylum Cooperative Agreements Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, GovInfo, (November 19, 2019), https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-11-19/2019-25137. [Close x](javascript:;) #### 84 FR 63994 - Implementing Bilateral and Multilateral Asylum Cooperative Agreements Under the Immigration and Nationality Act - [Summary](javascript:;) - [Document in Context ](javascript:;) - [Related Documents ](javascript:;) #### Publication Title Federal Register Volume 84, Issue 223 (November 19, 2019) #### Category Regulatory Information #### Collection Federal Register #### SuDoc Class Number AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: #### Publisher Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration #### Section Rules and Regulations #### Action Interim final rule; request for comment. #### Dates Effective date: This rule is effective November 19, 2019. #### Contact USCIS: Andrew Davidson, Chief, Asylum Division, Refugee Asylum and International Operations, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20529-2140; Telephone (202) 272-8377 (not a toll-free call). #### Summary The Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") (collectively, "the Departments") are adopting an interim final rule ("IFR" or "rule") to modify existing regulations to provide for the implementation of Asylum Cooperative Agreements ("ACAs") that the United States enters into pursuant to section 208(a)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA" or "Act"). Because the underlying purpose of section 208(a)(2)(A) is to provide asylum seekers with access to only one of the ACA signatory countries' protection systems, this rule adopts a modified approach to the expedited removal …
govinfo.gov84 FR 63994; operative 2019-11-19.Open official source
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Review method

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