; (9) expulsions at the border— (A) violate longstanding, congressionally mandated protections for asylum seekers; and (B) fail to protect public health; (10) the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has declared that— (A) countries cannot enact blanket measure[s] to preclude the admission of refugees or asylum-seekers ; and (B) any such measures must be non-discriminatory as well as necessary, proportionate and reasonable to the aim of protecting public health ; (11) leading public health experts have urged United States officials to withdraw the order enabling mass expulsion of asylum seekers, noting border expulsions fail to further public health and implicate serious human rights concerns; (12) border crossing prosecutions have been suspended in several border districts because they are incompatible with public health; (13) the Department of Homeland Security continues to refer people for prosecutions in some districts for violations of section 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1326 ); and (14) people continue to be unnecessarily held in pre-trial detention facilities where COVID–19 has spread. 3. Temporary suspension of immigration enforcement (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Noncitizen The term noncitizen means any individual who is not a citizen or national of the United States. (2) Public health emergency The term public health emergency means— (A) a national emergency involving Federal primary responsibility determined to exist by the President under section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5191(b) ) with respect to a communicable disease; (B) a national emergency declared by the President under sections 201 and 301 of the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1621 and 1631) with respect to a communicable disease; (C) a national public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d )