{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-049","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Homeland Security, through USCIS","authority":"8 U.S.C. 1103(a), 1158(d)","instrument":"Temporary final rule, Asylum Interview Interpreter Requirement Modification Due to COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 59655 (Sept. 23, 2020)","title":"Asylum Interview Interpreter Requirement Modification Due to COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-09-23","effective":"2020-09-23","end":"2022-03-16 (86 Fed. Reg. 51781), after extensions of the Sept. 23, 2020 rule by 86 Fed. Reg. 15072 (to Sept. 20, 2021); the original sunset was Mar. 22, 2021","startDate":"2020-09-23","endDate":"2022-03-16","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER","CRT"],"addressees":["affirmative asylum applicants","USCIS asylum offices"],"clause":"SUMMARY: This rule temporarily (for 180 days) amends existing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations to provide that asylum applicants who cannot proceed with the interview in English are no longer required to provide interpreters at the asylum interview but rather must ordinarily proceed with DHS-provided telephonic contract interpreters... DATES: This rule is effective September 23, 2020, through March 22, 2021.... In light of the pandemic and to protect its workforce and help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, USCIS temporarily suspended all face-to-face services with the public from March 18, 2020 to June 4, 2020. In an effort to promote safety as USCIS continues to reopen offices to the public for in-person services and resume necessary operations...","enforcement":"Regulatory condition on asylum interviews (8 C.F.R. 208.9(g)-(h))","functions":["CRT public-office operations: the Federal Register\u0027s own statement that USCIS \u0027suspended all face-to-face services with the public from March 18, 2020 to June 4, 2020\u0027 and thereafter operated under distancing limits","HR employment authorization timing for asylum-seeking workers"],"notes":"Cited principally for its verified recital of the USCIS closure period; the interpreter modification itself reaches employers of asylum applicants indirectly (EAD timing).","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-09-23/pdf/2020-21073.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":279635,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-049","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-049","citation":"Secretary of Homeland Security, through USCIS, Temporary final rule, Asylum Interview Interpreter Requirement Modification Due to COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 59655 (Sept. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-049)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-005","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-006"]}