Presidential Document2024-17006
Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain Lebanese Nationals
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Published
July 31, 2024
Signed
July 26, 2024
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[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 [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17006]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 147 / Wednesday, July 31, 2024 /
Presidential Documents
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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;
(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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The Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized and
directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal
Register.
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(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, July 26, 2024
[FR Doc. 2024-17006
Filed 7-30-24; 8:45 am]
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