Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain Venezuelans

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 14 (Monday, January 25, 2021)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 6845-6846]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2021-01718]

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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 14 / Monday, January 25, 2021 /

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Memorandum of January 19, 2021

Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain

Venezuelans

Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the

Secretary of Homeland Security

The autocratic government of Nicolas Maduro has

consistently violated the sovereign freedoms possessed

by the Venezuelan people. Through force and fraud, the

Maduro regime is responsible for the worst humanitarian

crisis in the Western Hemisphere in recent memory. A

catastrophic economic crisis and shortages of basic

goods and medicine have forced about five million

Venezuelans to flee the country, often under dangerous

conditions.

This Administration has imposed sanctions against

Maduro and his regime, and I have recognized the

President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan

Guaid[oacute], as the interim president of the country.

The deteriorative condition within Venezuela, which

presents an ongoing national security threat to the

safety and well-being of the American people, warrants

the deferral of the removal of Venezuelan nationals who

are present in the United States.

Guaid[oacute], as the interim president of the country.

The deteriorative condition within Venezuela, which

presents an ongoing national security threat to the

safety and well-being of the American people, warrants

the deferral of the removal of Venezuelan nationals who

are present in the United States.

Pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct the

foreign relations of the United States, I have

determined that it is in the foreign policy interest of

the United States to defer the removal of any national

of Venezuela, or alien without nationality who last

habitually resided in Venezuela, subject to the

conditions and exceptions provided below.

Accordingly, I hereby direct you to take appropriate

measures to defer for 18 months the removal of any

national of Venezuela, or alien without nationality who

last habitually resided in Venezuela, who is present in

the United States as of January 20, 2021, except for

aliens who:

(1) have voluntarily returned to Venezuela or their

country of last habitual residence outside the United

States;

(2) have not continuously resided in the United

States since January 20, 2021;

(3) are inadmissible under section 212(a)(3) of the

Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C.

1182(a)(3)) or removable under section 237(a)(4) of the

INA (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4));

nited

States;

(2) have not continuously resided in the United

States since January 20, 2021;

(3) are inadmissible under section 212(a)(3) of the

Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C.

1182(a)(3)) or removable under section 237(a)(4) of the

INA (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4));

(4) who have been convicted of any felony or 2 or

more misdemeanors committed in the United States, or

who meet the criteria set forth in section 208(b)(2)(A)

of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(A));

(5) who were deported, excluded, or removed, prior

to January 20, 2021;

(6) who are subject to extradition;

(7) whose presence in the United States the

Secretary of Homeland Security has determined is not in

the interest of the United States or presents a danger

to public safety; or

(8) whose presence in the United States the

Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to believe

would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy

consequences for the United States.

I further direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to

take appropriate measures to authorize employment for

aliens whose removal has been deferred, as provided by

this memorandum, for the duration of such deferral.

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The Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized and

directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal

Register.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, January 19, 2021

[FR Doc. 2021-01718

Filed 1-22-21; 8:45 am]

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