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This bill, titled the "No Asylum for Criminals Act of 2025", proposes to modify the Immigration and Nationality Act to significantly restrict asylum eligibility for individuals with criminal convictions. Specifically, the bill would make any person who has been finally convicted of a felony or misdemeanor ineligible for asylum, with a narrow exception for certain political offenses committed outside the United States. The bill provides broad definitions of felonies and misdemeanors, including crimes punishable by more than one year of imprisonment or defined as such by federal, state, tribal, or local jurisdictions. The Secretary of Homeland Security would retain the authority to designate specific political offenses committed outside the United States that would not automatically disqualify an individual from seeking asylum. This change would create a more stringent standard for asylum seekers with any criminal history, potentially preventing many individuals from obtaining protection in the United States based on their past convictions, regardless of the nature or severity of those convictions.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1312/all-info