Factsheet: Implementation of the New Asylum Processing Rule

By USCRI June 27, 2022

On August 20, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) amending the procedures and processes of protection claims and parole for individuals subject to expedited removal. Then, responding to and incorporating changes from comments received in response to the NPRM, DHS and DOJ, on March 29, 2022, issued an interim final rule (IFR), which went into effect May 31, 2022.

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