To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform asylum procedures related to safe third countries, and for other purposes.
United States116th CongressHR-3856House of Representatives
Updated: Aug 12, 2019
Summary
This bill allows the Department of Homeland Security to deny asylum to an applying alien and remove the alien to a country that is not the alien's country of nationality, if the alien would be safe and would be able to apply for asylum from that country. Currently, an asylum applicant may be removed to a third country only if that country is party to an international agreement allowing for such removal.
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Timeline
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
House of Representatives
Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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