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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2008–0010] 

Board of Visitors for the National Fire 

Academy 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Committee management; notice 

of open federal advisory committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Visitors for the 

National Fire Academy (Board) will 

meet on August 28–29, 2017, in 

Emmitsburg, Maryland. The meeting 

will be open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will take place on 

Monday, August 28, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and on 

Tuesday, August 29, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Please note 

that the meeting may close early if the 

Board has completed its business. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the National Emergency Training 

Center, 16825 South Seton Avenue, 

Building H, Room 300, Emmitsburg, 

Maryland. Members of the public who 

wish to obtain details on how to gain 

access to the facility and directions may 

contact Ruth MacPhail as listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section by close of business August 18, 

2017. Photo identification that meets 

REAL ID ACT standards (https://

www.usfa.fema.gov/training/nfa/ 

admissions/campus_access.html) is 

required for access. Members of the 

public may also participate by 

teleconference and may contact Ruth 

MacPhail to obtain the call-in number 

and access code. For information on 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance, contact 

Ruth MacPhail as soon as possible. 

To facilitate public participation, we 

are inviting public comment on the 

issues to be considered by the Board as 

listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. Comments must be 

submitted in writing no later than 

August 18, 2017, must be identified by 

Docket ID FEMA–2008–0010 and may 

be submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: FEMA-RULES@

fema.dhs.gov. Include the docket 

number in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery: Ruth 

MacPhail, 16825 South Seton Avenue, 

Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727, postmarked no later than August 18, 2017. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Federal 

Emergency Management Agency’’ and 

the Docket ID for this action. Comments 

received will be posted without 

alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received by the National Fire 

Academy Board of Visitors, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, click on 

‘‘Advanced Search,’’ then enter 

‘‘FEMA–2008–0010’’ in the ‘‘By Docket 

ID’’ box, then select ‘‘FEMA’’ under ‘‘By 

Agency,’’ and then click ‘‘Search.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer: 

Kirby E. Kiefer, telephone (301) 447– 

1181, email Kirby.Kiefer@fema.dhs.gov. 

Logistical Information: Ruth 

MacPhail, telephone (301) 447–1333 

and email Ruth.Macphail@

fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

will meet on Monday, August 28, and 

Tuesday, August 29, 2017. The meeting 

will be open to the public. Notice of this 

meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

Purpose of the Board 

The purpose of the Board is to review 

annually the programs of the National 

Fire Academy (Academy) and advise the 

Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA), through 

the United States Fire Administrator, on 

the operation of the Academy and any 

improvements therein that the Board 

deems appropriate. In carrying out its 

responsibilities, the Board examines 

Academy programs to determine 

whether these programs further the 

basic missions that are approved by the 

Administrator of FEMA, examines the 

physical plant of the Academy to 

determine the adequacy of the 

Academy’s facilities, and examines the 

funding levels for Academy programs. 

The Board submits a written annual 

report through the United States Fire 

Administrator to the Administrator of 

FEMA. The report provides detailed 

comments and recommendations 

regarding the operation of the Academy. 

Agenda 

On Monday, August 28, 2017, there 

will be three sessions, with 

deliberations and voting at the end of 

each session as necessary. The Board 

will conduct a swearing in of new Board 

members and will then select a 

Chairperson and Vice Chairperson for 

Fiscal Year 2018. The Board will also 

receive annual ethics training and will 

tour the campus facility. 

1. The Board will discuss deferred 

maintenance and capital improvements 

on the National Emergency Training 

Center campus and Fiscal Year 2017 

Budget Request/Budget Planning. 

2. The Board will deliberate and vote 

on recommendations on Academy 

program activities, including: 

• Fire and Emergency Services Higher 

Education (FESHE) Recognition 

Program update, a certification program 

acknowledging that a collegiate 

emergency services degree meets the 

minimum standards of excellence 

established by FESHE development 

committees and the Academy; 

• The National Professional 

Development Summit Report held on 

June 14–17, 2017, which brought 

national training and education 

audiences together for their annual 

conference and support initiatives; 

• The Managing Officer Program 

progress report, a multiyear curriculum 

that introduces emerging emergency 

services leaders to personal and 

professional skills in change 

management, risk reduction, and 

adaptive leadership; 

• Program application selection 

results; 

• The Executive Fire Officer (EFO) 

Program Symposium held April 21–22– 

23, 2017, an annual event for alumni 

which recognizes outstanding applied 

research completed by present EFO 

Program participants, recognizes recent 

EFO Program graduates, provides highquality presentations offered by private 

and public sector representatives, 

facilitates networking between EFO 

Program graduates, promotes further 

dialog between EFO Program graduates 

and U.S. Fire Administrator and 

National Fire Academy faculty and staff; 

• The EFO Program review initiative; 

• Curriculum development and 

revision updates for Academy courses; 

• Discussion on the approval process 

for state-specific courses; 

• Online mediated instruction 

program update; 

• Distance learning program update; 

• Staffing update. 

3. The Board will receive activity 

reports on the National Fire Incident 

Reporting System Subcommittee, the 

Professional Development Initiative 

Subcommittee, and four EFO Program 

Subcommittees: Admissions, 

Curriculum, Delivery and Design, and 

Evaluations and Outcomes. 

On Tuesday, August 29, 2017, the 

Board will receive updates on U.S. Fire 

Administration data, research, and 

response support initiatives and will 


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1See DOS fact sheet, ‘‘In-Country Refugee/Parole 

Program for Minors in El Salvador, Guatemala, and 

Honduras With Parents Lawfully Present in the 

United States’’ (Nov. 14, 2014), available at https:// 

2009–2017.state.gov/j/prm/releases/factsheets/ 

2014/234067.htm; see also U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services Web page, ‘‘In-Country 

Refugee/Parole Processing for Minors in Honduras, 

El Salvador, and Guatemala (Central American 

Minors—CAM),’’ available at https://

www.uscis.gov/CAM. 

2 ‘‘Lawful presence’’ refers to presence in the 

United States within a period of stay authorized by 

DHS and during which unlawful presence is not 

accrued for purposes of potential inadmissibility 

under INA sec. 212(a)(9)(B)–(C); 8 U.S.C. 

1182(a)(9)(B)–(C). Note that an individual may be 

‘‘lawfully present’’ in the United States without 

necessarily having ‘‘lawful status’’ (e.g., an 

individual granted deferred enforced departure, see 

8 CFR 274a.12(a)(11)). See, e.g., Chaudry v. Holder, 

705 F.3d 289, 292 (7th Cir. 2013) (‘‘[Unlawful 

presence and unlawful status are distinct concepts 

. . . . It is entirely possible for aliens to be lawfully 

present (i.e., in a ‘‘period of stay authorized by the 

[Secretary]’’) even though their lawful status has 

expired.’’). Under the program, qualifying parents 

include individuals who are at least 18 years of age 

and lawfully present in the United States in the 

following categories: lawful permanent resident 

status, temporary protected status, parolee, deferred 

action, deferred enforced departure, or withholding 

of removal. 

3Beginning with the program’s inception in 

December 2014, additional qualifying relatives have 

been able to gain access along with the qualifying 

child. Unmarried children of the qualifying child 

who are under 21 years of age can be included on 

the qualifying child’s refugee application as a 

derivative beneficiary. The in-country parent of the 

qualifying child can also qualify for access to the 

CAM program if the in-country parent is part of the 

same household and economic unit as the 

qualifying child and is the legal spouse of the 

qualifying parent who is lawfully present in the 

United States. If the in-country parent who is 

legally married to the qualifying parent has 

unmarried children under 21 years of age who are 

not the children of the qualifying parent, these 

children can be added as derivatives of the incountry parent. 

In July 2016, the CAM program expanded to 

include the following additional categories of 

relatives who are able to apply for admission to the 

United States as refugees when accompanied by a 

qualifying child: (1) The in-country biological 

parent of a qualifying child who is not legally 

married to the qualifying parent in the United 

States may apply, and the unmarried and under 21 

years of age children and/or legal spouse of the incountry parent can also be included as derivatives 

of the in-country parent; (2) the caregiver of a 

qualifying child who is related to either the 

qualifying parent in the United States or the 

qualifying child may apply, and the unmarried and 

under 21 years of age children and/or legal spouse 

of the caregiver can also be included as derivatives 

of the caregiver; (3) the married and/or 21 years of 

age or older children of the qualifying parent (who 

is lawfully present in the United States) may apply, 

and (4) the unmarried and under 21 years of age 

children and legal spouse of the married and/or 21 

years of age or older child can also be included as 

derivatives. See Department of State, Central 

American Minors (CAM) Program, https://

www.state.gov/j/prm/ra/cam/index.htm. At the time 

of the program’s original announcement and later 

expansion, these qualifying relatives of the 

qualifying child could also be considered for parole 

on a case-by-case basis, if found ineligible for 

refugee admission and the accompanying qualifying 

child received a positive decision of refugee status 

or parole. The various categories of individuals who 

may be afforded access to the CAM Refugee 

Program are subject to change in accordance with 

the priorities of the U.S. Refugee Program. 

conduct classroom visits. The Board 

will also engage in an annual report 

writing session. Deliberations or voting 

may occur as needed during the report 

writing session. 

There will be a 10-minute comment 

period after each agenda item and each 

speaker will be given no more than 2 

minutes to speak. Please note that the 

public comment period may end before 

the time indicated, following the last 

call for comments. Contact Ruth 

MacPhail to register as a speaker. 

Meeting materials will be posted at 

https://www.usfa.fema.gov/training/nfa/ 

about/bov.html by August 14, 2017. 

Dated: August 4, 2017. 

Kirby E. Kiefer, 

Deputy Superintendent, National Fire 

Academy, United States Fire Administration, 

Federal Emergency Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17299 Filed 8–15–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–45–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[CIS No. 2604–17; DHS Docket No. USCIS– 

2017–0003] 

Termination of the Central American 

Minors Parole Program 

AGENCY: Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) is publishing this notice 

to notify the public that it will no longer 

provide special consideration of parole 

for certain individuals denied refugee 

status in El Salvador, Guatemala, and 

Honduras under the Central American 

Minors (CAM) Parole Program. 

DATES: Applicable August 16, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maura Nicholson, Deputy Chief, 

International Operations Division, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 3300, 

Washington, DC 20529, Telephone 202– 

272–1892. (This is not a toll-free 

number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 1, 2014, DHS and the 

U.S. Department of State (DOS) 

announced that the U.S. Government 

would allow certain minors in El 

Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to 

be considered for refugee status in the 

United States.1 This program, known as 

the CAM Refugee Program, allows 

certain parents lawfully present in the 

United States to request a refugee 

resettlement interview for unmarried 

children under 21 years of age, and 

certain other eligible family members, in 

Guatemala, El Salvador, or Honduras. 

The parent in the United States must be 

lawfully present 2 in order to request 

that his or her child be provided access 

to the program and considered for 

refugee resettlement. In general, under 

current immigration laws, only lawful 

permanent residents and U.S. citizens 

can file family-based immigrant visa 

petitions. Therefore, many of the 

qualifying parents under the program 

are unable to file an immigrant petition 

for their in-country relatives. INA 

204(a); 8 U.S.C. 1154(a). As a result, 

most of the beneficiaries of the program 

do not have another process under our 

immigration laws to enter the United 

States. On November 15, 2016, the 

program was expanded to include other 

qualifying relatives.3

Qualifying children who were denied 

refugee status under the CAM Refugee 

Program were considered by U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services 

(USCIS), a component of DHS, for 

parole into the United States on a caseby-case basis under the CAM Parole 

Program. A qualifying child’s 

accompanying parent, sibling, or child 

who was also denied refugee status was 

also considered for parole into the 

United States on a case-by-case basis 

under the program. If USCIS found a 

child to be ineligible for refugee status, 

the decision notice informed the child 

of whether he or she had been instead 

conditionally approved for parole into 

the United States under the CAM Parole 

Program. 

The Immigration and Nationality Act 

(INA) confers upon the Secretary of 

Homeland Security the discretionary 

authority to parole applicants for 

admission into the United States 

‘‘temporarily under such conditions as 

[DHS] may prescribe only on a case-bycase basis for urgent humanitarian 

reasons or significant public benefit,’’ 

regardless of the individuals’ 

admissibility. INA sec. 212(d)(5)(A); 8 

U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A); see 8 CFR 212.5(a) 

and (c) through (e) (discretionary 

authority for establishing conditions of 

parole and for terminating parole). 

Accordingly, parole determinations are 

made on a case-by-case basis, taking 

into account each individual’s unique 

circumstances. 

In general, if USCIS favorably 

exercises its discretion to authorize 

parole, either USCIS or DOS issues 


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