Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain Lebanese Nationals, 61341-61342 [2024-17006]

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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 [www.gpo.gov]
[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.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, July 26, 2024

[FR Doc. 2024-17006
Filed 7-30-24; 8:45 am]
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