Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB469 Compare Versions

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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 469
5	5	To require asylum officers at United States embassies and consulates to
6	6	conduct credible fear screenings before aliens seeking asylum may be
7	7	permitted to enter the United States to apply for asylum, and for
8	8	other purposes.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	JANUARY24, 2023
11	11	Mr. H
12	12	ERNintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
13	13	on the Judiciary
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To require asylum officers at United States embassies and
16	16	consulates to conduct credible fear screenings before
17	17	aliens seeking asylum may be permitted to enter the
18	18	United States to apply for asylum, and for other pur-
19	19	poses.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
23	23	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Asylum Abuse Reduc-4
24	24	tion Act’’. 5
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28	28	SEC. 2. ASYLUM INTERVIEWS. 1
29	29	(a) B
30	30	ORDERCROSSINGS.—Notwithstanding section 2
31	31	235(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 3
32	32	U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)), if an alien who is seeking asylum in 4
33	33	the United States attempts to enter the United States 5
34	34	from Canada or Mexico at a land port of entry without 6
35	35	a valid visa or other appropriate entry document, the im-7
36	36	migration officer who is inspecting the alien— 8
37	37	(1) may not admit or parole the alien into the 9
38	38	United States; and 10
39	39	(2) shall advise the alien to schedule an asylum 11
40	40	hearing with the most convenient United States em-12
41	41	bassy or consulate in Canada or Mexico. 13
42	42	(b) C
43	43	REDIBLEFEARSCREENINGS.—An alien de-14
44	44	scribed in subsection (a) may only be permitted to enter 15
45	45	the United States to apply for asylum if an asylum officer 16
46	46	stationed at a United States embassy or consulate— 17
47	47	(1) has conducted an in-person or telephonic 18
48	48	interview with the alien; and 19
49	49	(2) as a result of such interview, has concluded 20
50	50	that the alien— 21
51	51	(A)(i) has been persecuted in the alien’s 22
52	52	country of nationality on account of the alien’s 23
53	53	race, religion, nationality, membership in a par-24
54	54	ticular social group, or political opinion; 25
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58	58	(ii) has a credible fear of persecution (as 1
59	59	defined in section 235(b)(1)(B) of the Immigra-2
60	60	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 3
61	61	1225(b)(1)(B))) if the alien returned to such 4
62	62	country; or 5
63	63	(iii) would be subject to torture by a gov-6
64	64	ernment or public official acting under the color 7
65	65	of law if the alien returned to his or her coun-8
66	66	try of nationality; and 9
67	67	(B) is otherwise eligible for asylum under 10
68	68	section 208(a) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)). 11
69	69	SEC. 3. ASYLUM INELIGIBILITY. 12
70	70	Section 208(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 13
71	71	Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the 14
72	72	end the following: 15
73	73	‘‘(F) T
74	74	RANSIT THROUGH THIRD COUN -16
75	75	TRY.— 17
76	76	‘‘(i) I
77	77	N GENERAL.—Except as pro-18
78	78	vided in clause (ii), paragraph (1) shall not 19
79	79	apply to any alien who, on or after the 20
80	80	date of the enactment of this subpara-21
81	81	graph, enters, attempts to enter, or arrives 22
82	82	in the United States through the Southern 23
83	83	land border after transiting through, on 24
84	84	the way to the United States, one or more 25
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88	88	countries other than the country of citizen-1
89	89	ship, nationality, or last lawful habitual 2
90	90	residence of the alien. 3
91	91	‘‘(ii) E
92	92	XCEPTIONS.—Clause (i) shall 4
93	93	not apply if— 5
94	94	‘‘(I)(aa) the alien demonstrates 6
95	95	that he or she applied for protection 7
96	96	from persecution or torture in one or 8
97	97	more countries (other than the coun-9
98	98	try of citizenship, nationality, or last 10
99	99	lawful habitual residence of the alien) 11
100	100	through which the alien transited on 12
101	101	the way to the United States; and 13
102	102	‘‘(bb) the alien received a final 14
103	103	judgment denying the alien protection 15
104	104	in such country; 16
105	105	‘‘(II) the alien demonstrates that 17
106	106	he or she is or has been subject to a 18
107	107	severe form of trafficking in persons; 19
108	108	or 20
109	109	‘‘(III) the one or more countries 21
110	110	through which the alien transited on 22
111	111	the way to the United States were 23
112	112	not, at the time of the transit, parties 24
113	113	to— 25
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117	117	‘‘(aa) the Convention Relat-1
118	118	ing to the Status of Refugees, 2
119	119	done at Geneva July 28, 1951 3
120	120	(as made applicable by the Pro-4
121	121	tocol Relating to the Status of 5
122	122	Refugees, done at New York 6
123	123	January 31, 1967 (19 UST 7
124	124	6223)); or 8
125	125	‘‘(bb) the Convention 9
126	126	against Torture and Other Cruel, 10
127	127	Inhuman or Degrading Treat-11
128	128	ment or Punishment, done at 12
129	129	New York December 10, 1984. 13
130	130	‘‘(G) I
131	131	NTERNAL RELOCATION .—Paragraph 14
132	132	(1) shall not apply to an alien interviewed by an 15
133	133	asylum officer under section 2(b) of the Asylum 16
134	134	Abuse Reduction Act if the asylum officer 17
135	135	makes a determination that the alien may avoid 18
136	136	purported persecution or torture in the alien’s 19
137	137	country of nationality by relocating to another 20
138	138	part of such country.’’. 21
139	139	SEC. 4. CRIMINAL BENCH WARRANTS. 22
140	140	(a) I
141	141	SSUANCE.—Each Federal judicial district shall 23
142	142	appoint at least 1 magistrate or district court judge who, 24
143	143	upon a showing of probable cause, shall issue a warrant 25
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147	147	of arrest for a violation of section 243(a)(1) of the Immi-1
148	148	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(a)(1)). 2
149	149	(b) P
150	150	ROBABLECAUSE.—An order of removal issued 3
151	151	under any provision of the Immigration and Nationality 4
152	152	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) that has been in existence 5
153	153	90 days or more shall constitute prima facie evidence of 6
154	154	probable cause to issue a warrant under subsection (a). 7
155	155	SEC. 5. INAPPLICABILITY OF FLORES SETTLEMENT AGREE-8
156	156	MENT TO ALIENS SUBJECT TO DETENTION. 9
157	157	The stipulated settlement agreement filed in the 10
158	158	United States District Court for the Central District of 11
159	159	California on January 17, 1997 (CV 85–4544–RJK) 12
160	160	(commonly known as the ‘‘Flores settlement agreement’’), 13
161	161	shall not apply to the detention and custody of aliens sub-14
162	162	ject to detention in the United States under the Immigra-15
163	163	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 16
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