Bill > HR759

This bill, the Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2021, proposes several key changes to immigration laws: 1. It amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify that the government will not provide or pay for counsel for individuals in removal proceedings. 2. It modifies the "credible fear" standard for asylum claims, making it more difficult for individuals to establish eligibility. 3. It requires the recording of expedited removal and credible fear interviews, with the recordings considered as evidence in further proceedings. 4. It significantly restricts the ability of the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant parole, limiting it to only certain urgent humanitarian or public interest situations. 5. It removes the preferential treatment for asylum claims by unaccompanied alien minors, and makes other changes to asylum and withholding of removal standards, the firm resettlement bar, and termination of asylum status. 6. It adds limitations on eligibility for asylum or withholding of removal based on generalized violence or criminal gang membership. 7. It provides clarifications regarding the burden of proof and consideration of conduct by rogue foreign officials in asylum and removal proceedings. Overall, the bill aims to reform and restrict asylum and immigration policies, making it more difficult for individuals to enter or remain in the United States through the asylum process.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/759/all-info