Department of Homeland Security June 21, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone extending from a radius of 1000 feet around the barge located in Skull Creek, Hilton Head, South Carolina in (32[deg]13.95[min] N 080[deg]45.1[min] W). This regulation is necessary to protect life and property on the navigable waters of Skull Creek due to possible danger associated with fireworks. No vessel or person may enter the safety zone without permission of the Captain of the Port Charleston.

This final rule adopts, with specified changes, an interim rule published by the former Immigration and Naturalization Service on October 20, 1997. This final rule clarifies several issues raised under the interim rule regarding who needs an affidavit of support, how sponsors qualify, what information and documentation they must present, and when the income of other persons may be used to support an intending immigrant's application for permanent residence. These changes are intended to make the affidavit of support process clearer and less intimidating and time-consuming for sponsors, while continuing to ensure that sponsors will have sufficient means available to support new immigrants when necessary. The final rule also makes clear that, when an alien applies for adjustment of status in removal proceedings, the immigration judge's jurisdiction to adjudicate the adjustment application includes authority to adjudicate the sufficiency of the affidavit of support.