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Final Rule

Clarification Regarding Bars to Eligibility During Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review

Agency
DOJ
Document Number
2024-30500
Published
December 27, 2024
Effective Date
December 27, 2024

Abstract

This interim final rule ("IFR") makes a technical amendment to Department of Justice ("Department") regulations to clarify that immigration judges' de novo review of asylum officers' credible fear and reasonable fear determinations shall, where relevant, include review of the asylum officer's application of any bars to asylum or withholding of removal under Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") regulations, as well as other clarifying technical changes related to credible fear and reasonable fear processes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the 2024-30500 Federal Register document?
Document 2024-30500 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Justice in the Federal Register on December 27, 2024, with an effective date of December 27, 2024. This interim final rule ("IFR") makes a technical amendment to Department of Justice ("Department") regulations to clarify that immigration judges' de novo review of asylum officers' credible fear and reasonable fear determinations shall, where relevant, include review of the asylum officer's application of any bars to asylum or withholding of removal under Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") regulations, as well as other clarifying technical changes related to credible fear and reasonable fear processes. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/27/2024-30500/clarification-regarding-bars-to-eligibility-during-credible-fear-and-reasonable-fear-review.
Is document 2024-30500 an economically significant rule?
No. Document 2024-30500 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.

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