Bill > HR7452

This bill, the Updated Standards for Asylum (USA) Act of 2022, aims to tighten asylum laws in the United States. The key provisions include: 1. Amending the credible fear interview process by raising the standard for an applicant to demonstrate eligibility for asylum. 2. Removing a provision that allows asylum applicants to have their cases heard in a different jurisdiction if they have already been denied asylum in another jurisdiction. 3. Requiring the Department of Homeland Security to establish procedures for uniformly recording expedited removal and credible fear interviews, including making audio or audio-visual recordings. 4. Allowing the Secretary of Homeland Security to remove asylum applicants to a "safe third country" without a bilateral or multilateral agreement. 5. Terminating asylum status for individuals who return to their home country, unless they can demonstrate a compelling reason for the return. 6. Enhancing notice requirements and penalties for filing frivolous asylum applications. 7. Allowing immigration authorities and other government officials' investigative reports and statements to be considered in asylum and removal credibility determinations. 8. Establishing penalties of up to 10 years in prison for knowingly making false statements or using false documents in asylum or withholding of removal proceedings. 9. Extending the statute of limitations for asylum fraud offenses.

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