DHS, DOJ Issue Final Rule on Asylum and Withholding of Removal Security Bars for Public Health Concerns

Dec 29, 2020 | Immigration Updates

The Departments of Homeland Security and Justice issued a final rule clarifying that the security bar for “danger to the security of the United States” for asylum and withholding of removal may encompass emergency public health concerns due to a communicable disease.

The final rule responds to comments and reflects (and, in some instances, modifies) intervening changes made to the regulations since the proposed rule was published in July 2020.

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