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COVID-era asylum-interview interpreter modification extended through September 12, 2023

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CountryUnited States
Operative dateMarch 16, 2023
CategoryMigration policy
Affected groupAffirmative asylum applicants

Policy effect

DHS extended through September 12, 2023 the temporary modification of interpreter requirements for affirmative asylum interviews during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conditions and exceptions

Recorded validated scope: 8 CFR Part 208.

Official source excerpt

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COVID-19 AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ACTION: Temporary final rule; extension. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is extending, for a fourth time, the effective date (for 180 days) of its temporary final rule that modified certain regulatory requirements to help ensure that USCIS may continue with affirmative asylum adjudications during the COVID-19 pandemic. DATES: This temporary final rule is effective from March 16, 2023 through September … 12, 2023. As of March 16, 2023, the expiration date of the temporary final rule published at 85 FR 59655 (Sept. 23, 2020), which was extended at 86 FR 15072 (Mar. 22, 2021), at 86 FR 51781 (Sept. 17, 2021), and at 87 FR 14757 (Mar. 16, 2022), is further extended from March 16, 2023 through September 12, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ren[aacute] Cutlip-Mason, Chief, Division of Humanitarian Affairs, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Camp Springs, MD 20588-0009; telephone (240) 721-3000 … the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Secretary of Homeland Security amends 8 CFR part 208 as follows: PART 208--PROCEDURES FOR ASYLUM AND WITHHOLDING OF REMOVAL 0 1. The authority citation for part 208 continues to read as follows: Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1158, 1226, 1252, 1282; Title VII of Pub. L. 110-229; 8 CFR part 2; Pub. L. 115-218. 0 2. Effective from March 16, 2023 through September 12, 2023, amend Sec. 208.9 by revising paragraph (h) introductory text to read as follows: Sec. 208.9 Procedure for interview before an asylum officer. * * * * * (h) Asylum applicant interpreters. For asylum interviews conducted between March 16, 2023, through September 12, 2023: * * * * * Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. 2023-05572 Filed 3-15-23; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 9111-97-P …
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Retrieved from https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/17/2023-05572/asylum-interview-interpreter-requirement-modification-due-to-covid-19

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