This rule is designed to remedy two problems that have arisen in connection with section 141(a) of the Compact of Free Association between the United States of America and the Republic of the Marshall Islands and with the Federated States of Micronesia (48 U.S.C. 1910 note), and the Compact of Free Association between the United States of America and Palau (48 U.S.C. 1931, note) (Compacts, Compact countries). That section confers on citizens of the Compact countries certain privileges to enter the United States as nonimmigrants, subject, however, to several exceptions set forth in section 141(a)(3)(c) and section 143 of the Compacts. This rule will clarify the entry requirements for citizens of the Compact countries who have been adopted by citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States. The purpose of this aspect of the rule is to prevent the abuse of the entry privileges of section 141(a) of the Compacts as a means of circumventing statutory provisions designed to protect adopted children from abuse or exploitation. In addition, this rule will correct an omission in the codification of section 141(a) of the Compacts in 8 CFR 212.1(d). That Codification inadvertently failed to include the exceptions to entry privileges of citizens of the Compact countries. By incorporating those exceptions in 8 CFR 212.1(d)(2), the rule will bring the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations into compliance with the Compacts.
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