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The record
- Jurisdiction
- President of the United States (proclamation with operative effect)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), 1185(a)
- Issued
- 2020-06-22 June 22, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-24 12:01 a.m. EDT (section 1 continuation of 10014 effective immediately) (read as 2020-06-24)
- End
- 2021-03-31 (section 6 as amended by Proclamation 10131; section 1 revoked Feb. 24, 2021) (read as 2021-03-31)
- In force
- June 24, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantineOther
- Addressees
- aliens seeking entry on H-1B, H-2B, J (intern, trainee, teacher, camp counselor, au pair, summer work travel) and L visas and their dependents
- consular officers
- Secretaries of State, Labor and Homeland Security
- Functions reached
- HR hiring of H-1B professionals (technology, engineering, health care, finance), H-2B seasonal workers (landscaping, hospitality, seafood, construction), J-1 interns, trainees, teachers, camp counselors, au pairs and summer workers, and L-1 intracompany transferees, suspended June 24, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021
- WF workforce: accompanying family members barred
- MK trade shows and business travel by transferred executives
- SC multinational supply-chain staffing (L-1)
- Collection
- Federal labor and immigration agencies AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION
Operative words
Section 1. Continuation of Proclamation 10014. (a) Section 4 of Proclamation 10014 is amended to read as follows: 'Sec. 4. Termination. This proclamation shall expire on December 31, 2020, and may be continued as necessary...' Sec. 2. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United States of any alien seeking entry pursuant to any of the following nonimmigrant visas is hereby suspended and limited, subject to section 3 of this proclamation: (a) an H-1B or H-2B visa, and any alien accompanying or following to join such alien; (b) a J visa, to the extent the alien is participating in an intern, trainee, teacher, camp counselor, au pair, or summer work travel program, and any alien accompanying or following to join such alien; and (c) an L visa, and any alien accompanying or following to join such alien. Sec. 3... (b)... shall not apply to:... (iii) any alien seeking to enter the United States to provide temporary labor or services essential to the United States food supply chain; and (iv) any alien whose entry would be in the national interest... Sec. 6. Termination. This proclamation shall expire on December 31, 2020, and may be continued as necessary. Sec. 7. Effective Date. Except as provided in section 1 of this proclamation, this proclamation is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 24, 2020.
Enforcement
Sec. 4(a): consular officers determine exceptions; Secretary of State implements as to visas; Sec. 4(b): circumvention by fraud, willful misrepresentation or illegal entry makes the alien a priority for removal
Notes
Reached hotels, resorts, amusement parks, camps, landscaping, seafood processing, technology, consulting, engineering and manufacturing employers nationally. Partially enjoined as to members of the plaintiff associations in National Association of Manufacturers v. DHS, No. 4:20-cv-04887 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 1, 2020) (secondary; not saved), but in force as to all other employers through March 31, 2021.
Retrieval noteFR Doc. 2020-13888. Amended by Proclamation 10054 (Ex. 009); continued by Proclamation 10131 (Ex. 010).