The INS appears to take the position that expedited removal does not apply at pre-flight inspection stations in foreign airports. This essentially permits the INS to override the rule that aliens who have succeeded in entering the United States may not be deported except under procedures that comply with due process. Expedited removal became effective on April 1, 1997. The vaccination requirement applies to applications for immigrant visas or adjustment of status filed after September 30, 1996. The section makes inadmissible any intending immigrant who does not present evidence of vaccination against certain diseases, including mumps, measles, rubella, polio, tetanus and diphtheria toxoids, pertussis, influenza type B, and hepatitis B. Certain waivers are available.
Additional information concerning the vaccination requirement appears here .
This section became effective on September 30, 1996. Additional information concerning the certification requirement for foreign health care workers appears here . The new ground applies to representations made on or after September 30, 1996. This provision applies to unlawful voting that occurs before, on or after September 30, 1996. A waiver is now permitted only in the case of an immigrant who is the spouse, son or daughter or a United States citizen or of an immigrant lawfully admitted for permanent residence if it is established to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that the refusal of admission would result in extreme hardship to the citizen or lawfully resident spouse or parent of such an alien.