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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 871 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the eligibility |
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| 6 | 6 | | requirements for asylum. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY31, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. L |
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| 10 | 10 | | UNA(for herself, Mr. OGLES, Mr. WEBERof Texas, and Mr. RULLI) |
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| 11 | 11 | | introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Judiciary |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify |
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| 15 | 15 | | the eligibility requirements for asylum. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Refugees Using Legal 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Entry Safely Act’’ or ‘‘RULES Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF ASYLUM ELIGIBILITY. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 208(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)) is amended— 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | lows: 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 871 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | ‘‘(1) APPLICATION AT PORTS OF ENTRY .— 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 31 | 31 | | N GENERAL.—Any alien who arrives 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | at a port of entry of the United States, irre-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | spective of such alien’s status, may, only at 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | such a port of entry, apply for asylum in ac-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | cordance with this section or, as applicable, sec-6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | tion 235(b). 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 38 | 38 | | ROHIBITION ON PAROLE OR RE -8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | LEASE INTO THE UNITED STATES .—Notwith-9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | standing section 236(a)(2), an alien applying 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | for asylum at a port of entry may not be pa-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | roled or released into the United States.’’; 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) in paragraph (2)— 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (A) by striking subparagraph (B); 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘Sub-15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ject to subparagraph (D), paragraph’’ and in-16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | serting ‘‘Paragraph’’; 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (C) by striking subparagraph (D); 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (D) in subparagraph (E), by striking 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘Subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’ and inserting 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘Subparagraph (A)’’; 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (E) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | and (E) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec-23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | tively; and 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (F) by adding at the end the following: 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(D) EFFECT OF APPREHENSION IN THE 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | UNITED STATES.—Paragraph (1) shall not 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | apply to any alien who is apprehended by or re-3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ferred to the Secretary of Homeland Security as 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | an alien who has entered the United States 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | without inspection and admission or who has 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | remained in the United States beyond the 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | alien’s period of authorized stay.’’; and 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (3) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | it appears and inserting ‘‘Attorney General or the 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Secretary of Homeland Security, as applicable,’’. 11 |
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