{"abstract":"The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General publish this joint notice of proposed rulemaking to amend their respective agencies' regulations pertaining to removal of aliens. The Department of Homeland Security proposes to amend its rules to establish that acceptance by a country is not required under specific provisions of section 241(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act) in order to remove an alien to that country, and that a \"country\" for the purpose of removal is not premised on the existence or functionality of a government in that country. This rule clarifies the countries to which an alien may be removed and the situations in which the Secretary of Homeland Security will remove an alien to an alternative or additional country. The Department of Homeland Security proposed rule also makes technical changes as a result of amendments to the Act by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA). The Department of Justice proposed rule clarifies the procedure for an alien to designate the country to which he would prefer to be removed, provides that the immigration judge shall inform any alien making such a designation that the alien may be removed to another country under section 241(b) of the Act in the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security in effecting the foreign policy of the United States, and clarifies the effect of an identification of a country for removal in an immigration judge's order of removal from the United States. The rule clarifies that acceptance by a country is not a factor to be considered by the immigration judge in identifying a country or countries of removal in the administrative order of removal. The Department of Justice proposed rule also makes technical changes to eliminate unnecessary provisions and update references to reflect the enactment of the HSA.","action":"Joint notice of proposed rulemaking.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2004/07/19/04-16193.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":236,"title":8},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":241,"title":8},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1236,"title":8},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1240,"title":8},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1241,"title":8}],"citation":"69 FR 42901","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2004-08-18","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Written comments must be submitted to the appropriate agency on or before August 18, 2004.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["ICE No. 2317-04","EOIR No. 146P","AG Order No. 2726-2004"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"04-16193","effective_on":null,"end_page":42912,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2004/07/19/04-16193.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/07/19/04-16193/execution-of-removal-orders-countries-to-which-aliens-may-be-removed","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/04-16193?publication_date=2004-07-19","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2004-07-19/04-16193/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":12,"page_views":{"count":675,"last_updated":"2026-04-03 18:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-07-19/pdf/04-16193.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2004-07-19","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2004/07/19/04-16193.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"1653-AA41":{"issue":"200410","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1653-AA41/execution-of-removal-orders-countries-to-which-aliens-may-be-removed-","title":"Execution of Removal Orders; Countries to Which Aliens May Be Removed ","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=200410&RIN=1653-AA41&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Other Significant"},"1125-AA50":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["1125-AA50","1653-AA41"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-12T12:43:46Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":true,"signing_date":null,"start_page":42901,"subtype":null,"title":"Execution of Removal Orders; Countries to Which Aliens May Be Removed","toc_doc":"Nonimmigrants; removal orders, countries to which aliens may be removed","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Aliens","Immigration"],"type":"Proposed Rule","volume":69}