Bill > HR1183

This bill makes several key changes to the asylum process and border protection in the United States: 1. It clarifies that individuals in removal proceedings or other immigration proceedings are not entitled to government-provided counsel, and the government will not bear any expense for counsel in these proceedings. 2. It changes the standard for credible fear interviews, requiring that it is more probable than not that the applicant's statements in support of their asylum claim are true. 3. It mandates the recording of expedited removal and credible fear interviews, and requires the use of independent interpreters. 4. It significantly narrows the circumstances under which the Secretary of Homeland Security can grant parole into the United States, limiting it largely to urgent humanitarian reasons or cases that are strictly in the significant public interest. 5. It removes the preferential treatment for asylum claims by unaccompanied alien minors, and expands the "safe third country" provision to allow removal of asylum applicants to any country, not just those with a bilateral agreement. 6. It places the burden of proof on the applicant to establish that their life or freedom would be threatened in the proposed country of removal for withholding of removal, and clarifies the standard for "firm resettlement" as a bar to asylum. 7. It allows for the termination of asylum status if the asylee returns to their home country absent changed country conditions, and imposes additional notice requirements regarding the consequences of filing a frivolous asylum claim. 8. It places limitations on eligibility for asylum or withholding of removal based on generalized violence or criminal gang membership, and defines "membership in a particular social group" more narrowly.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1183/all-info