DHS/DOJ Interim Final Rule Delaying Effective Date of Security Bars and Processing Final Rule

DHS/DOJ interim final rule delaying the Security Bars and Processing Final Rule until 12/31/25. Comments are due by 1/27/25. (89 FR 105386, 12/27/24)

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

8 CFR Part 208

[CIS No. 2791–25; DHS Docket No. USCIS–2020–0013]

RIN 1615–AC57

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Executive Office for Immigration Review

8 CFR Part 1208

[A.G. Order No. 6106–2024]

RIN 1125–AB08

Security Bars and Processing; Delay of Effective Date

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (‘‘USCIS’’), Department of Homeland Security (‘‘DHS’’); Executive Office for Immigration Review (‘‘EOIR’’), Department of Justice (‘‘DOJ’’).

ACTION: Interim final rule with request for comments.

SUMMARY:

On December 23, 2020, during the COVID–19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security (‘‘DHS’’) and the Department of Justice (‘‘DOJ’’) (collectively, ‘‘the Departments’’) published a final rule entitled Security Bars and Processing (‘‘Security Bars final rule’’) to define ‘‘danger to the security of the United States’’ to include certain emergency public health concerns. The Departments have delayed the final
rule’s effective date such that it has never gone into effect. This rulemaking further delays the Security Bars final rule’s effective date until December 31, 2025.

DATES:
Effective date: As of December 27, 2024, the effective date of the final rule published December 23, 2020, at 85 FR 84160, which was delayed by the rules published at 86 FR 6847 (Jan. 25, 2021), 86 FR 15069 (Mar. 22, 2021), 86 FR 73615 (Dec. 28, 2021), and 87 FR 79789 (Dec. 28, 2022), is further delayed until December 31, 2025.