authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101,1102,1103,1182,1184,1186a,1187,1221,1281,1282,1301; sec. 643, Pub. L. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009-708; section 141 of the Compacts of Free Association with the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and with the Government of Palau, 48 U.S.C. 1901,note, and 1931note,respectively; 8 CFR part 2