Extending and Expanding Eligibility for Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain Hong Kong Residents

What Presidential Memorandum 2025-01466 says

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 6749-6750] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-01466] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 11 / Friday, January 17, 2025 / Presidential Documents [[Page 6749]] Memorandum of January 15, 2025 Extending and Expanding Eligibility for Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain Hong Kong Residents Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the Secretary of Homeland Security The United States supports the human rights and fundamental freedoms of the residents of Hong Kong. The People's Republic of China (PRC) has continued to significantly erode those rights and freedoms. I am therefore directing an extension and expansion of the deferral of removal of certain Hong Kong residents, regardless of country of birth, who are present in the United States. By unilaterally imposing on Hong Kong the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (NSL) in June 2020, the PRC has undermined the enjoyment of rights and freedoms in Hong Kong, including those protected under the Basic Law and the Sino-British Joint Declaration. Following the NSL's enactment, the PRC has continued its...

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