List of Subjects in 8 CFR Part 140

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Administrative practice and procedure, Aliens, Immigration.

Accordingly, part 240 of chapter I of Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 240-PROCEEDINGS TO DETERMINE REMOVABILITY OF ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES

1. The authority citation for part 240 continues to read as follows:

Authority : 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1182, 1186a, 1224, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1251, 1252 note, 1252a, 1252b, 1362; 8 CFR part 2.

2. Section 240.21 is added to read as follows:

§ 240.21 Suspension of deportation and adjustment under section 244(a) of the Act (as in effect before April 1, 1997) and cancellation of removal and adjustment under section 240A(b) of the Act for certain nonpermanent residents.

(a) Applications for suspension of deportation under section 244(a) of the Act (as in effect before April 1, 1997) or cancellation of removal and adjustment of status under section 240A(b) of the Act that meet the statutory requirements and warrant a favorable exercise of discretion may be granted only on a conditional basis. The order conditionally granting relief shall state which paragraph of section 244(a) of the Act (as in effect before April 1, 1997) or section 240A(b) of the Act applies. No applicati on for suspension or cancellation shall receive a favorable exercise of discretion where the applicant has been granted asylum or adjustment of status while the suspension or cancellation application is pending. A decision to deny as a matter of discretion an application for suspension or cancellation on this basis shall be reconsidered where an appeal of a decision granting asylum or adjustment is sustained by the Board of Immigration Appeals.

(b) An alternate order of voluntary departure, deportation, or removal must be entered when there is a conditional grant of suspension or cancellation. The alternate order shall take effect if the condition is not ultimately removed.

(c) An order conditionally granting an application for suspension or cancellation is appealable to the Board pursuant to the procedures set forth in this chapter, and the time for appeal by the Service of the conditional grant or for appeal by the alien of the finding of deportability or of any denial of other relief by the immigration judge shall run from the date of such order.

(d) If, on appeal, the Board determines that an application for suspension of deportation or cancellation of removal meets the statutory requirements and warrants a favorable exercise of discretion, such application shall be granted on a conditional basis, even if an immigration judge granted the application without condition.

October 1, 1997 _________________ Dated:

Signed _______________________________ Janet Reno, Attorney General