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Executive Office for Immigration Review; Section 212(c) Relief for Aliens With Certain Criminal Convictions Before April 1, 1997
This final rule adopts without substantial change the proposed rule to establish procedures for lawful permanent residents with certain criminal convictions arising from plea agreements reached prior to a verdict at trial to apply for relief from deportation or removal pursuant to former section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The...
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Executive Office for Immigration Review; Definitions; Fees; Powers and Authority of DHS Officers and Employees in Removal Proceedings
This rule amends regulations relating to the Executive Office for Immigration Review to conform with certain regulatory changes made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for consistency and clarity. This rule makes no substantive changes in the Department of Justice regulations, but makes appropriate revisions to the definitions and fee...
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National Instant Criminal Background Check System Regulation
The United States Department of Justice (``the Department'') is publishing a final rule amending the regulations implementing the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (``NICS'') pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (``Brady Act'').
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Asylum Claims Made by Aliens Arriving from Canada at Land Border Ports-of-Entry
The recent Safe Third Country agreement between the United States and Canada provides new procedures for dealing with certain categories of aliens crossing at land border ports-of-entry between the United States and Canada, or in transit from Canada or the United States, and who express a fear of persecution or torture if returned to the country...
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Executive Office for Immigration Review Attorney/Representative Registry
This proposed rule would amend the regulations pertaining to appearances by attorneys and representatives before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). This proposed rule authorizes the Director, EOIR, or his designee to register attorneys and representatives as a condition of practicing before immigration judges and the Board of...
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Implementation of the Safe Explosives Act, Title XI, Subtitle C of Public Law 107-296-Delivery of Explosive Materials by Common or Contract Carrier
The Department of Justice is amending current regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to remove the requirement that common or contract carriers taking possession of explosive materials for delivery to a licensee or permittee complete ATF Form 5400.8 (Explosives Delivery Record) prior to taking possession of...
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Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Color, or National Origin in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance; Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance; Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Age in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
The Agencies amend their regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (``Title VI''), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1972 (``section 504''), and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (``Age Discrimination Act''). Together, these statutes prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability,...
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Commerce in Explosives
This notice reopens the comment period for Notice No. 968, a notice of proposed rulemaking, published in the Federal Register on January 29, 2003. ATF has received three requests to extend the comment period in order to provide sufficient time for all interested parties to respond to the issues raised in the notice.
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Implementation of the Safe Explosives Act, Title XI, Subtitle C of Public Law 107-296
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is amending the regulations to implement the provisions of the Safe Explosives Act, Title XI, Subtitle C of Pub. L. 107-296, the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (enacted November 25, 2002). This interim rule implements the law which: requires that all persons receiving explosives on and...
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Aliens and Nationality; Homeland Security; Reorganization of Regulations
The Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended, transfers the functions of the Immigration and Naturalization Service to the Department of Homeland Security. In a rule published in the Federal Register on February 28, 2003, the Department of Justice reorganized title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations to reflect the transfer of functions of the...
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Automated Inspection Services-Extension of Enrollment Period
Automated Inspection Services (AIS) programs, such as the INS Passenger Accelerated Service System (INSPASS) and the Secure Electronic Network for Travelers Rapid Inspection (SENTRI), are automated systems designed to identify pre-registered, low-risk travelers and permit them to enter the United States within a predictable wait time by reducing...
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Aliens and Nationality; Homeland Security; Reorganization of Regulations
The Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended, transfers the functions of the Immigration and Naturalization Service to the Department of Homeland Security. The Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended, retains in the Department of Justice, under the direction of the Attorney General, the functions of the Executive Office for Immigration Review...
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Readjustment of Immigration Benefit Application Fees
On January 24, 2003, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) published an interim rule in the Federal Register adjusting the immigration benefit application fee schedule by subtracting the applicable amount of surcharges used for asylum and refugee services, fee exemptions and fee waivers. The Service was required to take that...
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Removal of Visa and Passport Waiver for Certain Permanent Residents of Canada and Bermuda
This rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations by providing that residents of Canada or Bermuda having a common nationality with Canadian nationals or with British subjects in Bermuda will be required to present a valid passport and visa when applying for admission to the United States. Nationals of Ireland and...
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Establishment of a $3 Immigration User Fee for Certain Commercial Vessel Passengers Previously Exempt
This rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations, as required by law, to provide for the collection of a $3 fee for commercial vessel passengers previously exempt under section 286(e)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act), other than passengers on Great Lakes ferries and other Great Lakes vessels. This...
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Reorganization of Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 divides the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of the Treasury, into two separate agencies, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) in the Department of Justice, and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) in the Department of the Treasury. These changes require...
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Adjustment of Immigration Benefit Application Fees
This rule adjusts the immigration benefit application fee schedule by subtracting the applicable amount of surcharges used for asylum and refugee services, fee exemptions and fee waivers to comply with section 457 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public Law 107- 296. Fees collected from persons filing immigration benefit applications are...
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Manifest Requirements Under Section 231 of the Act
This rule proposes to implement section 402 of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-173), which requires the submission of arrival and departure manifests electronically in advance of an aircraft or vessel's arrival in or departure from the United States. This rule also proposes to require manifest data on...
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Adjustment of Status for Certain Aliens from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos in the United States
This rule finalizes the Department of Justice regulations implementing section 586 of Public Law 106-429, which provides for the adjustment of status for certain aliens from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Eligible applicants must have been physically present in the United States both prior to and on October 1, 1997, and inspected and paroled into...
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Waiver of Criminal Grounds of Inadmissibility for Immigrants
On July 9, 2002, the Department of Justice published a proposed rule to implement a law authorizing the adjustment of status for certain aliens from Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos, and to codify the Attorney General's approach to granting waivers under section 212(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of the criminal grounds of inadmissibility....