8 CFR § 1208.22 - Effect on exclusion, deportation, and removal proceedings.

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title: "8 CFR § 1208.22 - Effect on exclusion, deportation, and removal proceedings."
title_number: 8
title_name: "Aliens and Nationality"
section_number: "1208.22"
section_name: "Effect on exclusion, deportation, and removal proceedings."
chapter_name: "EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
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subchapter_name: "IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1208"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR ASYLUM AND WITHHOLDING OF REMOVAL"
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authority: "8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1158, 1226, 1252, 1282; Title VII of Pub. L. 110-229; Pub. L. 115-218."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 10337, Mar. 6, 1997, unless otherwise noted. Duplicated from part 208 at 68 FR 9834, Feb. 28, 2003."
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# 1208.22 Effect on exclusion, deportation, and removal proceedings.

An alien who has been granted asylum may not be deported or removed unless asylum status is terminated pursuant to 8 CFR 208.24 or § 1208.24. An alien in exclusion, deportation, or removal proceedings who is granted withholding of removal or deportation, or deferral of removal, may not be deported or removed to the country to which his or her deportation or removal is ordered withheld or deferred unless the withholding order is terminated pursuant to 8 CFR 208.24 or § 1208.24 or deferral is terminated pursuant to 8 CFR 208.17 or § 1208.17(d) or (e).

[87 FR 18222, Mar. 29, 2022]