Bill > HR586

Introduced Session

To close loopholes in the immigration laws that serve as incentives to aliens to attempt to enter the United States unlawfully, and for other purposes. This bill modifies immigration law provisions relating to unaccompanied alien minors and to asylum seekers. For certain unaccompanied inadmissible alien children, generally those not at risk of being trafficking victims nor having a fear of persecution, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall repatriate the child. Currently, only inadmissible unaccompanied aliens from neighboring countries are subject to repatriation, and DHS has discretion whether to repatriate. When HHS releases an unaccompanied child to an individual, it shall provide DHS with certain information about that individual, including Social Security number and immigration status. The bill amends the definition of "credible fear of persecution" to require that such fear can be established by statements that are more probable than not. The bill also imposes certain rules relating to credible fear interviews, including requirements for recordings and interpreters. If an alien is granted asylum because of fear of persecution in a country, the alien is deemed to have renounced asylum status by returning to that country, if there has been no change in the country's conditions. DHS may waive such renunciation if there was a compelling reason for the return. The bill expands the definition of a frivolous asylum application to include an application so insufficient in substance that it is clear that it was filed to delay removal or seek employment authorization. Any individual who knowingly and willfully makes materially false statements or uses fraudulent documents in asylum-related proceedings shall be fined or imprisoned up to 10 years, or both.

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Doug Collins (R)*,  Robert Aderholt (R),  Rick Allen (R),  Kelly Armstrong (R),  Jodey Arrington (R),  Brian Babin (R),  Don Bacon (R),  Andy Barr (R),  Andy Biggs (R),  Mike Bost (R),  Kevin Brady (R),  Mo Brooks (R),  Ken Buck (R),  Larry Bucshon (R),  Ted Budd (R),  Bradley Byrne (R),  Ken Calvert (R),  Buddy Carter (R),  Ben Cline (R),  Michael Cloud (R),  Chris Collins (R),  K. Michael Conaway (R),  Dan Crenshaw (R),  John Curtis (R),  Jeff Duncan (R),  Drew Ferguson (R),  Chuck Fleischmann (R),  Bill Flores (R),  Virginia Foxx (R),  Matt Gaetz (R),  Greg Gianforte (R),  Lance Gooden (R),  Paul Gosar (R),  Sam Graves (R),  Tom Graves (R),  Glenn Grothman (R),  Michael Guest (R),  Andy Harris (R),  Vicky Hartzler (R),  Jody Hice (R),  Clay Higgins (R),  French Hill (R),  Richard Hudson (R),  Bill Johnson (R),  Mike Johnson (R),  John Joyce (R),  Doug LaMalfa (R),  Debbie Lesko (R),  Billy Long (R),  Barry Loudermilk (R),  Roger Marshall (R),  Tom McClintock (R),  Mark Meadows (R),  Dan Meuser (R),  Carol Miller (R),  Paul Mitchell (I),  Dan Newhouse (R),  Ralph Norman (R),  Pete Olson (R),  Steven Palazzo (R),  Scott Perry (R),  Bill Posey (R),  John Ratcliffe (R),  Guy Reschenthaler (R),  Denver Riggleman (R),  David Roe (R),  David Rouzer (R),  Chip Roy (R),  John Rutherford (R),  Steve Scalise (R),  Austin Scott (R),  F. James Sensenbrenner (R),  Lloyd Smucker (R),  Greg Steube (R),  William Timmons (R),  Scott Tipton (R),  Ann Wagner (R),  Brad Wenstrup (R),  Rob Wittman (R),  Ron Wright (R),  Ted Yoho (R), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. (on 02/25/2019)

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