<http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a7c0c352.html>. 115 Safad-Hamade v. Atty. Gen., 192 Fed.Appx. 917 (11th Cir. 2006). 116 8 CFR § 241.13(i). 117 This individual’s name has been changed to protect her privacy. 118 8 U.S.C. §1231(a)(3) 119 Under 8 CFR § 241.4(l)(2), designated immigration officials within DHS “have the authority, in the exercise of discretion, to revoke release and return to [immigration] custody an [individual] previously approved for release .... Release may be revoked in the exercise of discretion when, in the opinion of the revoking official: ... (ii) The alien violates any condition of release; ... or (iv) The conduct of the alien, or any other circumstance, indicates that release would no longer be appropriate.”) (emphasis added). See also 8 CFR § 241.13(i) (“Any alien who has been released under an order of supervision under this section who violates any of the conditions of release may be returned to custody and is subject to the penalties described in section 243(b) of the Act. In suitable cases, the HQPDU shall refer the case to the appropriate U.S. Attorney for criminal prosecution. The alien may be continued in detention for an additional six months in order to effect the alien’s removal, if possible, and to effect the conditions under which the alien had been released.”). 120 See supra Mead Memo, FN 98. 121 This name was changed to protect the individual’s privacy. 122 8 CFR § 274a.12(c)(18). A grant of employment authorization is discretionary upon consideration of factors including economic necessity, existence of dependents and length of time before removal. 123 The current fee for an employment authorization document is $380, not including any additional associated costs such as photographs and postage. The fee is set by the agency in its discretion and could be increased at any time. 124 This is the same stateless woman described in the Executive Summary of this report. 125 For example, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton underscored that promoting the eradication of gender discrimination in nationality laws and preventing statelessness among women and children are priorities of the United States: …I want only briefly to mention...a particular prior- 46 ity for [the U.S. Government] and for me personally. It concerns one of the major causes of statelessness, which is discrimination against women. At least 30 countries around the world prevent women from acquiring, retaining, or transmitting citizenship to their children or their foreign spouses. And in some cases, nationality laws strip women of their citizenship if they marry someone from another country. Because of these discriminatory laws, women often can’t register their marriages, the births of their children, or deaths in their families. So these laws perpetuate generations of stateless people, who are often unable to work legally or travel freely. They cannot vote, open a bank account, or own property, and therefore they often lack access to healthcare and other public services. And the cycle continues, because, without birth registration or citizenship documents, stateless children often cannot attend school. In this compromised state—or no state, better put—women and children are vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, including gender-based violence, trafficking in persons, and arbitrary arrests and detention. That hurts not only the women and their immediate families, but the larger communities. When you have a population of people who are denied the opportunity to participate, they cannot contribute. The United States has launched an initiative to build global awareness about these issues and support efforts to end or amend such discriminatory laws. We want to work to persuade governments—not only officials but members of parliament—to change nationality laws that carry this discrimination to ensure universal birth registration and establish procedures and systems to facilitate the acquisition of citizenship for stateless people. I encourage other member-states to join this effort, and I want to thank the High Commissioner, who has signaled his support. I encourage UNHCR to work with U.N. Women, UNICEF, UNDP, and other U.N. partners to achieve equal nationality rights for women. Remarks at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Ministerial Meeting on the 60th Anniversary of the Refugee Convention, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Geneva, Switzerland, December 7, 2011, available at: <http://www.state.gov/ secretary/rm/2011/12/178406.htm>. Citizens of Nowhere: