New U.S. registration rules kick in Friday as lawsuit warns of ‘chaos’
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The U.S. rule to require foreign nationals, including Canadian snowbirds, staying in the country for 30 days or more to register takes effect on April 11.
The U.S. rule that will require foreign nationals, including Canadian snowbirds, visiting for 30 days or more to register is set to take effect Friday, even as a lawsuit filed by various advocacy groups seeks to stop it.
The American Immigration Council filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, saying in a news release that the rule by the Trump administration was “confusingly written and implementing it will cause chaos.”
“This rule is an invitation for widespread abuse. We’re talking about a new reality in the United States, in which anyone perceived to be an immigrant would have to carry their identity documents any time they leave the house and be prepared to show them to law enforcement on demand, at risk of being arrested,” Michelle Lapointe, legal director of the American Immigration Council, said in a release.
“The United States is not a ‘carry your papers’ country, and this rule jeopardizes the freedoms and rights of millions of people who live here.”
The interim final rule was posted to the U.S. Federal Register last month and said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) were amending regulations to “designate a new registration for aliens to comply with statutory alien registration and fingerprinting provisions.”
The rule notes that under current regulations, “Many Canadian nonimmigrants for business or pleasure are not issued a Form I-94 even though they have not been registered through the visa process.”
It goes on to say the unregistered population covered by this registration rule, estimated to be between 2.2 million and 3.2 million people, includes “Canadian visitors who entered the United States at land ports of entry and were not issued evidence of registration (eg. Form I-94).”
Under the new rule, Canadians planning to cross the border for an extended stay of a month or more will have to register by filling out the new G-325R form if they fall under those not registered — a status that can be checked on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) I-94 website.
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