Aytes Memo Revises Guidance on Adjudication of Cases Involving Material Support Provided to a Terrorist Organization

A 2/13/09 memo from Michael Aytes, Acting Deputy Director, USCIS, titled “Revised Guidance on the Adjudication of Cases Involving Terrorist-Related Inadmissibility Grounds and Amendment to the Hold Policy for Such Cases” provides revised guidance on the adjudication of cases where an alien provided material support to a terrorist organization described in INA Sections 212(a)(3)(B)(vi)(I) or (II).

The memo amends the hold policy on cases involving individuals who provided material support to a Tier I or Tier II terrorist organization under duress, as previously required by a March 26, 2008 memo (See AILA Doc. No. AILA Doc. No. 08032747), unless USCIS specifically requests an intelligence community assessment on a particular organization.