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Federal Register Notices - 2018


January 2018

Date Title
January 24, 2018 (PDF) E.O. 13224 Designation of Siddhartha Dhar, aka Abu Rumaysah, aka Abu Dhar, aka Saiful Islam, aka Jihadi Sid, aka Abu Rumaysah al Britani, aka Siddartha Dhar as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
January 24, 2018 (PDF) E.O. 13224 Designation of Khalid Batarfi, aka Khaled Batarfi, aka Khaled Saeed Batarfi, aka Abu Miqdad, aka Abu al-Miqdad al-Kindi, aka Khalid bin Umar Batarfi, aka Khalid Saeed Batarfi, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
E.O. 13224 Designation of Abdelatif Gaini as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
January 22, 2018 (PDF) Determination Pursuant to Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as Amended
January 18, 2018 (PDF) Annual Update of the HHS Poverty Guidelines
January 18, 2018 (PDF)  Identification of Foreign Countries Whose Nationals Are Eligible To Participate in the H–2A and H–2B Nonimmigrant Worker Programs
January 18, 2018 (PDF) Termination of the Designation of El Salvador for Temporary Protected Status
January 18, 2018 (PDF) Termination of the Designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status
January 9, 2018 (PDF) Designation of Abukar Ali Adan, aka Abukar Ali Aden, aka Sheikh Abukar, aka Ibrahim Afghan, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
January 9, 2018 (PDF) Designation of Wanas al-Faqih as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
January 9, 2018 (PDF) E.O. 13224 Designation of Muhammad al-Ghazali, aka Rashid, aka Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghazali, aka Abu Hisham Mawari, aka Abu Hisham al Mawari, aka Abu Sa’id, aka Abu Faris, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist

February 2018

Date Title
February 6, 2018 (PDF) E.O. 13224 Designation of Ismail Haniyeh, aka Ismail Abdel Salam Ahmed Haniyeh, aka Ismail Haniya, aka Ismail Haniyah, aka Ismail Haniyyah, aka Ismael Haniyah, aka Ismael Haniya, aka Ismayil Haniyeh, aka Ismail Hanieh as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
E.O. 13224 Designation of Hasm, aka Hassm, aka Hasm Movement, aka Harakah Sawa’id Misr, aka Harakat Sawa’d Misr, aka Arms of Egypt Movement, aka Movement of Egypt’s Arms, aka Movement of Egypt’s Forearms, aka Hamms, aka Hassam, aka Hasam as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist Entity
E.O. 13224 Designation of Liwa al-Thawra, aka Liwa al-Thawrah, aka Liwa’ al-Thawrah, aka Liwaa al-Thawra, aka Lewaa Al-Thawra, aka Revolution Brigade, aka The Revolution Brigade, aka Banner of the Revolution, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist Entity
February 26, 2018 (PDF) E.O. 13224 Designation of Ansarul Islam, aka Ansarour Islam, aka Ansar al-Islam, aka Defenders of Islam, aka Ansar-ul-islam lil-ichad wal jihad, aka IRSAD, aka Ansar ul Islam of Malam Boureima Dicko, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
February 27, 2018 (PDF) Expanding the Size of the Board of Immigration Appeals
February 28, 2018 (PDF) E.O. 13224 Designation of ISIS Bangladesh, aka Caliphate in Bangladesh, aka Caliphate’s Soldiers in Bangladesh, aka Soldiers of the Caliphate in Bangladesh, aka Khalifah’s Soldiers in Bengal, aka Islamic State Bangladesh, aka Islamic State in Bangladesh, aka ISB, aka ISISB, aka Abu Jandal al-Bangali, aka Neo-JMB, aka Neo-Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh, aka New-JMB as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
In the Matter of the Designation of ISIS West Africa (ISIS–WA) Also Known as ISIS West Africa Also Known as ISIS West Africa Province Also Known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria West Africa Province Also Known as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-West Africa (ISIL–WA) Also Known as Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended
In the Matter of the Designation of ISIS Philippines (and Other Aliases) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended
February 28, 2018 (PDF) E.O. 13224 Designation of ISIS Somalia, aka Islamic State in Somalia, aka ISS, aka ISIS in East Africa, aka Abnaa ul-Calipha as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
E.O. 13224 Designation of Mahad Moalim as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
February 28, 2018 (PDF) E.O. 13224 Designation of ISIS-Egypt, aka Islamic State in Egypt, aka Islamic State Egypt, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist

March 2018

Date Title
March 5, 2018 (PDF) Extension of the Designation of Syria for Temporary Protected Status
March 1, 2018 (PDF) E.O. 13224 Designation of Jund al- Khilafah in Tunisia, aka ISIS-Tunisia, aka ISIS-Tunisia Province, aka Soldiers of the Caliphate, aka Jund al-Khilafa, aka Jund al Khilafah, aka Jund al-Khilafah fi Tunis, aka Soldiers of the Caliphate in Tunisia, aka Tala I Jund al- Khilafah, aka Vanguards of the Soldiers of the Caliphate, aka Daesh Tunisia, aka Ajnad, as a Specially Designated Global Terroris
March 12, 2018 (PDF) E.O. 13224 Designation of Ahmad Iman Ali, aka Sheikh Ahmed Iman Ali, Shaykh Ahmad Iman Ali, Ahmed Iman Ali, Abu Zinira as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
E.O. 13224 Designation of Abdifatah Abubakar Abdi, aka Musa Muhajir as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
March 15, 2018 (PDF) Extension of Employment Authorization for Syrian F–1 Nonimmigrant Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship as a Direct Result of Civil Unrest in Syria Since March 2011
March 28, 2018 (PDF) E.O. 13224 Designation of Katibat al-Imam al-Bukhari, aka Imam Bukhori Jamaat, aka Imam Bukhari Battalion, aka Imam Bukhari Jamaat, aka Imam Al-Bukhari Battalion, aka IBB, aka Imom Buxoriy Katibasi, aka KIB, aka Imam al-Bukhoriy Brigade, aka Katibatul Imom al-Buxoriy as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
March 30, 2018 (PDF)

Filing Procedures for Employment Authorization and Automatic Extension of Existing Employment Authorization Documents for Eligible Liberians Before Period of Deferred Enforced Departure Ends


April 2018

Date Title
April 4, 2018 (PDF) In the Matter of the Amendment of the Designation of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (and Other Aliases) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended
April 4, 2018 (PDF) In the Matter of the Amendment of the Designation of Laskar-e-Tayyiba (and Other Aliases) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
April 13, 2018 (PDF) Ending ''Catch and Release'' at the Border of the United States and Directing Other Enhancements to Immigration Enforcement

May 2018

Date Title
May 22, 2018 (PDF) Termination of the Designation of Nepal for Temporary Protected Status
May 23, 2018 (PDF) In the Matter of the Designation of ISIS in the Greater Sahara (ISIS–GS) Also Known as Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) Also Known as Islamic State of the Greater Sahel Also Known as ISIS in the Greater Sahel Also Known as ISIS in the Islamic Sahel as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended.

June 2018

Date Title
June 1, 2018 (PDF) In the Matter of the Amendment of the Designation of Al-Nusrah Front (and Other Aliases) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended.
June 5, 2018 (PDF) Termination of the Designation of Honduras for Temporary Protected Status
June 5, 2018 (PDF) Procedures and Standards for Declining Surety Immigration Bonds and Administrative Appeal Requirement for Breaches
June 25, 2018 (PDF) EOIR Electronic Filing Pilot Program
June 28, 2018 (PDF) Authorization for Nepali F–1 Nonimmigrant Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship Relating to the April 25, 2015 Earthquake in the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

July 2018

Date Title
July 6, 2018 (PDF) Visas: Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended
July 11, 2018 (PDF) In the Matter of the Designation of al-Ashtar Brigades (AAB), aka Saraya al-Ashtar, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended
July 13, 2018 (PDF) Excepting Administrative Law Judges From the Competitive Service
July 23, 2018 (PDF) In the Matter of the Amendment of the Designation of al-Shabaab (and Other Aliases) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
July 24, 2018 (PDF) In the Matter of the Review of the Designation of al-Shabaab (and Other Aliases) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended

August 2018

Date Title
August 14, 2018 (PDF) Extension of the Designation of Yemen for Temporary Protected Status
August 17, 2018 (PDF) Review of the Designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization of Abu Sayyaf Group (and Other Aliases)
Review of the Designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization of Boko Haram (and Other Aliases)
August 27, 2018 (PDF) Extension of the Designation of Somalia for Temporary Protected Status

September 2018

Date Title
September 6, 2018 (PDF) In the Matter of the Designation of Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), aka Jamaat Nosrat al-Islam wal-Mouslimin, aka Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims, aka Group to Support Islam and Muslims, aka GSIM, aka GNIM, aka Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist

In the Matter of the Designation of Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), aka Jamaat Nosrat al-Islam wal-Mouslimin, aka Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims, aka Group to Support Islam and Muslims, aka GSIM, aka GNIM, aka Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended

September 7, 2018 (PDF)

Apprehension, Processing, Care, and Custody of Alien Minors and Unaccompanied Alien Children


October 2018

Date Title
October 9, 2018 (PDF) Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Program
October 10, 2018 (PDF) Determination Pursuant to Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as Amended
October 10, 2018 (PDF) Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds
October 11, 2018 (PDF) Determination Pursuant to Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as Amended
October 31, 2018 (PDF) Continuation of Documentation for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status Designations for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador

November 2018

Date Title
Nov 1, 2018 (PDF) Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2019
Nov 9, 2018 (PDF) Aliens Subject to a Bar on Entry Under Certain Presidential Proclamations; Procedures for Protection Claims
November 14, 2018 (PDF) Review of the Designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization of Hizballah (and Other Aliases)
E.O. 13224 Designation of Jawad Nasrallah, aka, Mohammad Jawad Nasrallah, aka Juad Nasrallah, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
E.O. 13224 Designation of Al-Mujahidin Brigades, aka Khatib Al-Mujahidin, aka Holy Warriors Battalion, aka Al Mujahideen Brigades, aka Ansar al-Mujahidin Movemement as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
November 15, 2018 (PDF) Addressing Mass Migration Through the Southern Border of the United States
November 27, 2018 (PDF) Designation of Hajji ‘Abd al-Nasir, aka Hajji Abdelnasser, aka Hajji Abd al-Nasr, aka Taha al-Khuwayt as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist

December 2018

Date Title
December 3, 2018 (PDF) Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking To File H–1B Petitions on Behalf of Cap-Subject Aliens
Updated October 5, 2023