94-1039. Executive Office for Immigration Review; Rules of Practice and Procedure for Administrative Hearings Before Administrative Law Judges in Cases Involving Allegations of Unlawful Employment of Aliens and Unfair Immigration-Related Employment ...  

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    DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
    
    28 CFR Part 68
    
    [Order No. 1839-94]
    
     
    
    Executive Office for Immigration Review; Rules of Practice and 
    Procedure for Administrative Hearings Before Administrative Law Judges 
    in Cases Involving Allegations of Unlawful Employment of Aliens and 
    Unfair Immigration-Related Employment Practices
    
    AGENCY: Department of Justice.
    
    ACTION: Proposed rule.
    
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    SUMMARY: This proposed rule will amend 28 CFR part 68, which contains 
    the rules of practice and procedure for administrative hearings 
    conducted to enforce sections 274A, 274B, and 274C of the Immigration 
    and Nationality Act (``INA''). Sections 274A and 274B were added to the 
    INA by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (``IRCA''), and 
    were amended by title V of the Immigration Act of 1990 (``IMMACT''), 
    which added section 274C to the INA. These amendments are necessary to 
    bring the practices and provisions established in part 68 into 
    conformity with the provisions of the INA. Specifically, these 
    amendments will clarify the amount of time a party has to appeal to the 
    United States Court of Appeals an Administrative Law Judge's order in a 
    section 274A or a section 274C proceeding.
    
    DATES: Comments must be received by February 17, 1994.
    
    ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments to Gerald S. Hurwitz, Counsel 
    to the Director, Executive Office for Immigration Review, suite 2400, 
    5107 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia 22041.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Gerald S. Hurwitz, Counsel to the 
    Director, Executive Office for Immigration Review, suite 2400, 5107 
    Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia 22041 (703) 305-0470.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 274A, 274B, and 274C of the INA 
    require that hearings be held before Administrative Law Judges in cases 
    involving allegations that a person or other entity has:
        (1) Hired, or recruited or referred for a fee, for employment in 
    the United States an alien knowing that the alien is unauthorized to 
    work in the United States; or has so hired or referred or recruited for 
    a fee, any individual when the hiring person or entity fails to comply 
    with the employment eligibility verification requirements (8 U.S.C. 
    1324a(a)(1));
        (2) Continued to employ an alien in the United States knowing that 
    the alien is or has become unauthorized with respect to such employment 
    (8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)(2));
        (3) Imposed, in the hiring, recruiting, or referring for employment 
    of any individual, any requirement that the individual post a bond or 
    security, pay or agree to pay any amount, or otherwise guarantee or 
    indemnify against any potential liability under 8 U.S.C. 1324a for 
    unlawful hiring, recruiting or referring of such individual (8 U.S.C. 
    1324a(g)(1));
        (4) Engaged in unfair immigration-related employment practices (8 
    U.S.C. 1324b); or
        (5) Knowingly participated in activities involving fraudulent 
    creation or use of documents for the purposes of satisfying, or 
    complying with, a requirement of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1324c).
        On November 24, 1987, the Department of Justice published an 
    interim final rule establishing administrative practices and procedures 
    to implement sections 274A and 274B of the INA. 52 FR 44972. After 
    receiving comments, the Department published the final rule on November 
    24, 1989. 54 FR 48593. That rule governed all cases properly brought 
    before an Administrative Law Judge that complied with the requirements 
    of the INA. Then, on November 28, 1990, Congress enacted the 
    Immigration Act of 1990, which amended sections 274A and 274B of the 
    INA, and added section 274C. These amendments necessitated certain 
    revisions to the practices and procedures established by part 68, which 
    were set forth in an interim rule with request for comments, published 
    October 3, 1991. 56 FR 50049. After receiving comments, the Department 
    published the final rule on December 7, 1992. 57 FR 57669. The final 
    rule, however, did not distinguish between the time the Administrative 
    Law Judge ``enters'' an order and the time an order is ``issued''. This 
    distinction is critical in clarifying the amount of time a party has to 
    appeal an Administrative Law Judge's order in a section 274A or a 
    section 274C proceeding to the United States Court of Appeals. Based 
    upon experience gained by the Office of the Chief Administrative 
    Hearing Officer in implementing the hearing procedures and the 
    statutory language regarding the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer's 
    review authority found at section 274A(e)(7), it is proposed that 
    Sec. 68.2 paragraph (i) be revised to reflect the reference made to the 
    definition of ``entry'' in the revised definition of ``issued'' at 
    Sec. 68.2(k), and that Sec. 68.2 paragraph (k) be amended to account 
    for the thirty (30) days the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer has 
    to modify or vacate an Administrative Law Judge's order in a section 
    274A or 274C proceeding after the Administrative Law Judge enters the 
    order.
        In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 605(b), the Attorney General certifies 
    that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a 
    substantial number of small entities. This rule is not considered to be 
    a major rule within the meaning of section 1(b) of E.O. 12291, nor does 
    it have federalism implications warranting the preparation of a 
    Federalism Assessment in accordance with section 6 of E.O. 12612. The 
    Attorney General has certified to the Office of Management and Budget 
    that these final regulations meet the applicable standards provided in 
    sections 2(a) and 2(b)(2) of E.O. 12778.
    
    List of Subjects in 28 CFR Part 68
    
        Administrative practice and procedure, Aliens, Citizenship and 
    naturalization, Civil rights, Discrimination in employment, Employment, 
    Equal employment opportunity, Immigration, Nationality, Non-
    discrimination.
        For the reasons set forth in the preamble, it is proposed that 28 
    CFR part 68 be amended as follows:
    
    PART 68--RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE 
    HEARINGS BEFORE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES IN CASES INVOLVING 
    ALLEGATIONS OF UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS AND UNFAIR 
    IMMIGRATION-RELATED EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
    
        1. The authority citation for part 68 will continue to read as 
    follows:
    
        Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 554; 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1324a, 1324b, and 
    1324c.
    
        2. Section 68.2 paragraphs (i) and (k) would be revised to read as 
    follows:
    
    
    Sec. 68.2  Definitions.
    
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        (i) Entry as used in section 274B(i)(1) of the INA and Sec. 68.2(k) 
    means the date the Administrative Law Judge signs the order;
    * * * * *
        (k) Issued as used in section 274A(e)(8) and section 274C(d)(5) of 
    the INA means thirty (30) days subsequent to the entry of an order or, 
    if the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer vacates or modifies the 
    order, the date the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer signs such 
    vacation or modification.
    * * * * *
        Dated: January 6, 1994.
    Janet Reno,
    Attorney General.
    [FR Doc. 94-1039 Filed 1-14-94; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
01/18/1994
Department:
Justice Department
Entry Type:
Uncategorized Document
Action:
Proposed rule.
Document Number:
94-1039
Dates:
Comments must be received by February 17, 1994.
Pages:
0-0 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: January 18, 1994, Order No. 1839-94
CFR: (2)
28 CFR 68.2(k)
28 CFR 68.2