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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2130-2131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-425]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of the Secretary

Exercise of Authority Under Section 212(d)(3)(B)(i) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of determination.

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    Authority:  8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(3)(B)(i).

    Following consultations with the Secretary of State and the 
Attorney General, I hereby conclude, as a matter of discretion in 
accordance with the authority granted to me by section 212(d)(3)(B)(i) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 
1182(d)(3)(B)(i), as amended, as well as the foreign policy and 
national security interests deemed relevant in these consultations, 
that subsection 212(a)(3)(B)(iv)(VI) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 
1182(a)(3)(B)(iv)(VI), shall not apply, with respect to an alien, for 
the provision of material support to the All India Sikh Students 
Federation-Bittu Faction, provided that the alien satisfies the 
relevant agency authority that the alien:
    (a) Is seeking a benefit or protection under the INA and has been 
determined to be otherwise eligible for the benefit or protection;
    (b) Has undergone and passed all relevant background and security 
checks;
    (c) Has fully disclosed, to the best of his or her knowledge, in 
all relevant applications and interviews with U.S. government 
representatives and agents, the nature and circumstances of each 
provision of material support and any other activity or association 
falling within the scope of section 212(a)(3)(B) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 
1182(a)(3)(B);
    (d) Has not participated in, or knowingly provided material support 
to, terrorist activities that targeted noncombatant persons or U.S. 
interests;
    (e) Poses no danger to the safety and security of the United 
States; and
    (f) Warrants an exemption from the relevant inadmissibility 
provision in the totality of the circumstances.
    Implementation of this determination will be made by U.S. 
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), in consultation with U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), or by U.S. consular 
officers, as applicable, who shall ascertain, to their satisfaction, 
and in their discretion, that the particular applicant meets each of 
the criteria set forth above.
    This exercise of authority may be revoked as a matter of discretion 
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without notice at any time, with respect to any and all persons subject 
to it. Any determination made under this exercise of authority as set 
out above can inform but shall not control a decision regarding any 
subsequent benefit or protection application, unless such exercise of 
authority has been revoked.
    This exercise of authority shall not be construed to prejudice, in 
any way, the ability of the U.S. government to commence subsequent 
criminal or civil proceedings in accordance with U.S. law involving any 
beneficiary of this exercise of authority (or any other person). This 
exercise of authority creates no substantive or procedural right or 
benefit that is legally enforceable by any party against the United 
States or its agencies or officers or any other person.
    In accordance with section 212(d)(3)(B)(ii) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 
1182(d)(3)(B)(ii), a report on the aliens to whom this exercise of 
authority is applied, on the basis of case-by-case decisions by the 
U.S. Department of Homeland Security or by the U.S. Department of 
State, shall be provided to the specified congressional committees not 
later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year.
    This determination is based on an assessment related to the 
national security and foreign policy interests of the United States as 
they apply to the particular persons described herein and shall not 
have any application with respect to other persons or to other 
provisions of U.S. law.

    Dated: October 18, 2010.
Janet Napolitano,
Secretary of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2011-425 Filed 1-11-11; 8:45 am]
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