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Proclamation 10131 of December 31, 2020 

Suspension of Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Who 

Continue To Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel 

Coronavirus Outbreak 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

In Proclamation 10014 of April 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants 

Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic 

Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak), I suspended, 

for a period of 60 days, the entry of aliens as immigrants, subject to certain 

exceptions. In Proclamation 10052 of June 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry 

of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States 

Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel 

Coronavirus Outbreak), I determined that the considerations present in Proclamation 10014 remained, and I extended the suspension of entry imposed 

in Proclamation 10014 through December 31, 2020. I further noted that 

the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Homeland Security had reviewed 

nonimmigrant programs and found that the admission of workers within 

several nonimmigrant visa categories also posed a risk of displacing and 

disadvantaging United States workers during the economic recovery following 

the COVID–19 outbreak. Consequently, I suspended, through December 31, 

2020, the entry of any alien seeking entry pursuant to certain nonimmigrants 

visas, subject to certain exceptions. 

The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID–19) continues to significantly disrupt 

Americans’ livelihoods. While the November overall unemployment rate 

in the United States of 6.7 percent reflects a marked decline from its April 

high, there were still 9,834,000 fewer seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs in 

November than in February of 2020. 

The effects of COVID–19 on the United States labor market and on the 

health of American communities is a matter of ongoing national concern, 

and the considerations present in Proclamations 10014 and 10052 have 

not been eliminated. The current number of new daily cases worldwide 

reported by the World Health Organization, for example, is higher than 

the comparable number present during June, and while therapeutics and 

vaccines are recently available for an increasing number of Americans, their 

effect on the labor market and community health has not yet been fully 

realized. Moreover, actions such as States’ continued imposition of restrictions on businesses still affect the number of workers that can be hired 

as compared with February of 2020. 

Given these factors, an extension of Proclamations 10014 and 10052 is 

appropriate as the President continues to monitor the effects of the COVID– 

19 pandemic and assess whether a further continuation, modification, or 

termination of Proclamations 10014 and 10052 is warranted. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States, 

by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 

United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a)) and section 

301 of title 3, United States Code, hereby find that the entry into the 


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United States of persons described in section 1 of Proclamation 10014, 

except as provided in section 2 of Proclamation 10014, and persons described 

in section 2 of Proclamation 10052, except as provided for in section 3 

of Proclamation 10052 (as amended by Proclamation 10054 of June 29, 

2020 (Amendment to Proclamation 10052)), would be detrimental to the 

interests of the United States, and that their entry should be subject to 

certain restrictions, limitations, and exceptions. I therefore hereby proclaim 

the following: 

Section 1. Continuation of Proclamation 10014. Section 4 of Proclamation 

10014 is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 4. Termination. This proclamation shall expire on March 31, 2021, 

and may be continued as necessary. Within 15 days of December 31, 2020, 

and every 30 days thereafter while this proclamation is in effect, the Secretary 

of Homeland Security shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State 

and the Secretary of Labor, recommend any modifications as may be necessary.’’ 

Sec. 2. Continuation of Proclamation 10052. Section 6 of Proclamation 10052 

is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 6. Termination. This proclamation shall expire on March 31, 2021, 

and may be continued as necessary. Within 15 days of December 31, 2020, 

and every 30 days thereafter while this proclamation is in effect, the Secretary 

of Homeland Security shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State 

and the Secretary of Labor, recommend any modifications as may be necessary.’’ 

Sec. 3. Severability. It is the policy of the United States to enforce this 

proclamation to the maximum extent possible to advance the interests of 

the United States. Accordingly: 

(a) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any provision 

to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of 

this proclamation and the application of its provisions to any other persons 

or circumstances shall not be affected thereby; and 

(b) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any provision 

to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid because of the lack 

of certain procedural requirements, the relevant executive branch officials 

shall implement those procedural requirements to conform with existing 

law and with any applicable court orders. 

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed 

to impair or otherwise affect: 

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, 

or the head thereof; or 

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. 

(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with applicable 

law and subject to the availability of appropriations. 

(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any right 

or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by 

any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, 

its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day 

of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the 

Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fortyfifth. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00039 

Filed 1–5–21; 8:45 am] 

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