Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain Lebanese Nationals

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2024)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 61341-61342]

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

[FR Doc No: 2024-17006]

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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 147 / Wednesday, July 31, 2024 /

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Title 3--

The President

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Memorandum of July 26, 2024

Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain Lebanese

Nationals

Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the

Secretary of Homeland Security

Humanitarian conditions in southern Lebanon have

significantly deteriorated due to tensions between

Hezbollah and Israel. While I remain focused on de-

escalating the situation and improving humanitarian

conditions, many civilians remain in danger; therefore,

I am directing the deferral of removal of certain

Lebanese 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 for 18 months the removal of

any Lebanese national subject to the conditions and

exceptions provided below.

Accordingly, I hereby direct the Secretary of Homeland

Security to take appropriate measures to defer for 18

months the removal of any Lebanese national who is

present in the United States on the date of this

memorandum, except for those:

(1) who have voluntarily returned to Lebanon after the date of this

memorandum;

Accordingly, I hereby direct the Secretary of Homeland

Security to take appropriate measures to defer for 18

months the removal of any Lebanese national who is

present in the United States on the date of this

memorandum, except for those:

(1) who have voluntarily returned to Lebanon after the date of this

memorandum;

(2) who have not continuously resided in the United States since the date

of this memorandum;

(3) who are inadmissible under section 212(a)(3) of the Immigration and

Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)) or deportable under section

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

(4) who have been convicted of any felony or two or more misdemeanors

committed in the United States, or who meet any of the criteria set forth

in section 208(b)(2)(A) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(A));

(5) who are subject to extradition;

(6) 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

(7) 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

noncitizens whose removal has been deferred, as

provided by this memorandum, for the duration of such

deferral, and to consider suspending regulatory

requirements with respect to F-1 nonimmigrant students

who are Lebanese nationals as the Secretary of Homeland

Security determines to be appropriate.

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noncitizens whose removal has been deferred, as

provided by this memorandum, for the duration of such

deferral, and to consider suspending regulatory

requirements with respect to F-1 nonimmigrant students

who are Lebanese nationals as the Secretary of Homeland

Security determines to be appropriate.

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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, July 26, 2024

[FR Doc. 2024-17006

Filed 7-30-24; 8:45 am]

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