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- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- INA secs. 212(f) and 215(a); 3 U.S.C. 301
- Issued
- 2020-06-22 June 22, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-24 12:01 a.m. EDT (read as 2020-06-24)
- End
- Sec. 6: 'This proclamation shall expire on December 31, 2020'; extended to Mar. 31, 2021 by Proclamation 10131; sec. 1 (immigrant extension) revoked Feb. 24, 2021; sec. 2 (nonimmigrant suspension) expired Mar. 31, 2021 (read as 2021-03-31)
- In force
- June 24, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantineSupply chain
- Addressees
- aliens seeking entry on H-1B, H-2B, J and L visas
- Departments of State, Labor and Homeland Security
- Functions reached
- LS landscaping labor (H-2B is the landscaping industry's principal seasonal labor program; the food-supply-chain exception did not reach it)
- HR seasonal hiring
- PL hospitality and amusement placements dependent on H-2B
- Collection
- Staffing and Support Services SEC-19
Operative words
Sec. 2. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United States of any alien seeking entry pursuant to any of the following nonimmigrant visas is hereby suspended and limited, subject to section 3 of this proclamation: (a) an H-1B or H-2B visa, and any alien accompanying or following to join such alien... Sec. 3.... (b) The suspension and limitation on entry pursuant to section 2 of this proclamation shall not apply to:... (iv) any alien seeking to enter the United States to provide temporary labor or services essential to the United States food supply chain
Enforcement
Visa issuance and entry refusal; consular officers' determinations
Notes
An order limiting travel and commerce by its terms; for landscaping, hotel housekeeping and amusement staffing it closed the seasonal labor pathway from June 24, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021 while consular posts were already closed from Mar. 20, 2020.
Retrieval note85 Fed. Reg. 38263 (June 25, 2020); same document as Ex. SEC-12-012.