Revoking Proclamation 10014

Proclamation 10149 of February 24, 2021

Revoking Proclamation 10014

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

The suspension of entry imposed in Proclamation 10014
of April 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants
Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market
During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel
Coronavirus Outbreak), as extended by section 1 of
Proclamation 10052 of June 22, 2020 (Suspension of
Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Who Present a
Risk to the United States Labor Market During the
Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus
Outbreak), and section 1 of Proclamation 10131 of
December 31, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants
and Nonimmigrants Who Continue To Present a Risk to the
United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery
Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak), does
not advance the interests of the United States. To the
contrary, it harms the United States, including by
preventing certain family members of United States
citizens and lawful permanent residents from joining
their families here. It also harms industries in the
United States that utilize talent from around the
world. And it harms individuals who were selected to
receive the opportunity to apply for, and those who
have likewise received, immigrant visas through the
Fiscal Year 2020 Diversity Visa Lottery. Proclamation
10014 has prevented these individuals from entering the
United States, resulting, in some cases, in the delay
and possible forfeiture of their opportunity to receive
Fiscal Year 2020 diversity visas and to realize their
dreams in the United States.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States, by the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and
1185(a), hereby find that the unrestricted entry into
the United States of persons described in section 1 of
Proclamation 10014 is not detrimental to the interests
of the United States. I therefore hereby proclaim the
following:

Section 1. Revocation. Proclamation 10014, section 1 of
Proclamation 10052, and section 1 of Proclamation 10131
are revoked.

Sec. 2. Review of Agency Guidance. The Secretary of
State, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall review any regulations, orders,
guidance documents, policies, and any other similar
agency actions developed pursuant to Proclamation 10014
and, as appropriate, issue revised guidance consistent
with the policy set forth in this proclamation.

Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this
proclamation shall be construed to impair or otherwise
affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This proclamation shall be implemented
consistent with applicable law and subject to the
availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does
not, create any right or benefit, substantive or
procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by

any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or
agents, or any other person.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-fourth day of February, in the year of our Lord
two thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.