8 C.F.R. § 208.5

Special duties toward aliens in custody of DHS

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(a) General. When an alien in the custody of DHS requests asylum or withholding of removal, or expresses a fear of persecution or harm upon return to his or her country of origin or to agents thereof, DHS shall make available the appropriate application forms and shall provide the applicant with the information required by section 208(d)(4) of the Act, including in the case of an alien who is in custody with a positive credible fear or reasonable fear determination under 8 CFR 208.30 or 208.31, and except in the case of an alien who is in custody pending a credible fear determination under 8 CFR 208.30 or a reasonable fear determination pursuant to 8 CFR 208.31. Although DHS does not have a duty in the case of an alien who is in custody pending a credible fear or reasonable fear determination under either 8 CFR 208.30 or 8 CFR 208.31, DHS may provide the appropriate forms, upon request. Where possible, expedited consideration shall be given to applications of detained aliens. Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, such alien shall not be excluded, deported, or removed before a decision is rendered on his or her asylum application. Furthermore, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, an alien physically present in or arriving in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall not be excluded, deported, or removed before a decision is rendered on his or her application for withholding of removal pursuant to section 241(b)(3) of the Act and withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture. No application for asylum may be filed prior to January 1, 2030, under section 208 of the Act by an alien physically present in or arriving in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

(b) Certain aliens aboard vessels. (1) If an alien crewmember or alien stowaway on board a vessel or other conveyance alleges, claims, or otherwise makes known to an immigration inspector or other official making an examination on the conveyance that he or she is unable or unwilling to return to his or her country of nationality or last habitual residence (if not a national of any country) because of persecution or a fear of persecution in that country on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, or if the alien expresses a fear of torture upon return to that country, the alien shall be promptly removed from the conveyance. If the alien makes such fear known to an official while off such conveyance, the alien shall not be returned to the conveyance but shall be retained in or transferred to the custody of the Service.

(i) An alien stowaway will be referred to an asylum officer for a credible fear determination under § 208.30.

(ii) An alien crewmember shall be provided the appropriate application forms and information required by section 208(d)(4) of the Act and may then have 10 days within which to submit an asylum application in accordance with the instructions on the form. DHS may extend the 10-day filing period for good cause. Once the application has been filed, DHS shall serve Form I-863 on the alien and immediately forward any such application to the appropriate Immigration Court with a copy of the Form I-863 being filed with that court.

(iii) An alien crewmember physically present in or arriving in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands can request withholding of removal pursuant to section 241(b)(3) of the Act and withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture. However, such an alien crewmember is not eligible to request asylum pursuant to section 208 of the Act prior to January 1, 2030.

(2) Pending adjudication of the application, and, in the case of a stowaway the credible fear determination and any review thereof, the alien may be detained by the Service or otherwise paroled in accordance with § 212.5 of this chapter. However, pending the credible fear determination, parole of an alien stowaway may be permitted only when the Secretary determines, in the exercise of discretion, that parole is required to meet a medical emergency or is necessary for a legitimate law enforcement objective.

(c) Exception to prohibition on removal. A motion to reopen or an order to remand accompanied by an asylum application pursuant to § 208.4(b)(3)(iii) shall not stay execution of a final exclusion, deportation, or removal order unless such stay is specifically granted by the Board of Immigration Appeals or the immigration judge having jurisdiction over the motion.

[62 FR 10337, Mar. 6, 1997, as amended at 64 FR 8488, Feb. 19, 1999; 65 FR 76132, Dec. 6, 2000; 74 FR 26937, June 5, 2009; 74 FR 55737, Oct. 28, 2009; 76 FR 53784, Aug. 29, 2011; 85 FR 29310, May 14, 2020; 85 FR 80386, Dec. 11, 2020]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 53 cases, 1980–2020 · leading case: Shi Liang Lin v. United States Dep't of Just., 494 F.3d 296 (2d Cir. 2007).

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Shi Liang Lin v. United States Dep't of Just., 494 F.3d 296 (2d Cir. 2007). · cites it 2× “at 2805 (to be codified at 8 C.F.R. § 208.5 (b)(2)) ("An applicant who establishes that the applicant (or applicant's spouse) has refused to abort a pregnancy or to be sterilized in violation of a country's family planning policy, and who has a well-founded fear that he or she…”

Immigr. & Naturalization Serv. v. Stevic, 467 U.S. 407 (1984). “8 CFR §208.5 (1983). We note that when such asylum requests are made after the institution of deportation proceedings, they “shall also be considered as requests” under § 243(h).”

Rene Carvajal-Munoz v. Immigr. & Naturalization Serv., 743 F.2d 562 (7th Cir. 1984). · cites it 2× “8 C.F.R. § 208.5 (1984). The regulations specify six situations in which the district director must deny asylum status, see 8 C.”

Guevara Flores v. Immigr. & Naturalization Serv., 786 F.2d 1242 (5th Cir. 1986). · cites it 2× “8 C.F.R. § 208.5 (emphasis added). The parties concede that Guevara cannot prove that she has been or will be persecuted within the meaning of the first element of the test; thus, we must construe the term “well-founded fear of persecution.”

Espectacion Bolanos-Hernandez v. Immigr. & Naturalization Serv., 767 F.2d 1277 (9th Cir. 1985). “§ 1101 (a)(42)(A) (1982); see also 8 C.F.R. § 208.5 (1983). As the Supreme Court made clear in Stevic, 104 S.”

Elzbieta Klawitter v. Immigr. & Naturalization Serv., 970 F.2d 149 (6th Cir. 1992). “See 8 C.F.R. §§ 208.5 , 242.17(c); Gumbol v. INS, 815 F.”

Jan Kapcia v. Immigr. & Naturalization Serv., Stanislaw Saulo v. Immigr. & Naturalization Serv., 944 F.2d 702 (10th Cir. 1991). “8 C.F.R. § 208.5 and § 242.17(c); Diaz-Escobar v.”

Carmen Gomez v. Immigr. & Naturalization Serv., 947 F.2d 660 (2d Cir. 1991). “See 8 C.F.R. §§ 208.5 & 242.-17(c) (1990). Here, the IJ and the BIA both concluded that Gomez failed to meet her burden of proof.”

Maria Socorro Delgado-Corea & Aminta Espino-Delgado v. Immigr. & Naturalization Serv., 804 F.2d 261 (4th Cir. 1986). · cites it 2× “Such generalized fear does not rise to the level necessary for granting political asylum, that being the alien's well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion directed against him as an…”

William Alexander Alvarez-Flores v. Immigr. & Naturalization Serv., 909 F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1990). “” II The present appeal concerns claims under both the asylum and deportation provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act).”

Masood Shirazi-Parsa Georgina Shirazi-Parsa v. Immigr. & Naturalization Serv., 14 F.3d 1424 (9th Cir. 1994). “; 8 C.F.R. § 208.5 (1990). Our review is limited to the BIA’s decision.”

Chelvadurai Sivaainkaran v. Immigr. & Naturalization Serv., 972 F.2d 161 (7th Cir. 1992). “8 C.F.R. § 208.5 ; Carvajal-Munoz, 743 F.”

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De You Chen v. Immigr. & Naturalization Serv. Thomas J. Schiltgen, 95 F.3d 801 (9th Cir. 1996).

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