S. 4546
ASSIMILATION Act
Sponsor: Tommy Tuberville · 0 cosponsors
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I Findings, purposes, definitions, and standards
II Immigrant and nonimmigrant classifications
III Admission, inadmissibility, sponsorship, and administrative authority
IV Naturalization and citizenship
V Asylum, inspection, detention, and unaccompanied alien children
(a) Safe third country and transit bar. Section 208(a)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(2)(A)) is amended—
(1) by striking if the Attorney General determines and inserting if the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General determines—;
(2) by striking that the alien may be removed and inserting the following:
(i) that the alien may be removed
(3) by striking , pursuant to a bilateral or multilateral agreement, to and inserting to;
(4) by inserting or the Secretary of Homeland Security, on a case-by-case basis, before finds that;
(5) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
(ii) that the alien entered, attempted to enter, or arrived in the United States after transiting through at least 1 country outside of the alien’s country of citizenship, nationality, or last lawful habitual residence en route to the United States, unless—
(I) the alien demonstrates that the alien applied for protection from persecution or torture in at least 1 country outside of the alien’s country of citizenship, nationality, or last lawful habitual residence through which the alien transited en route to the United States and received a final judgment denying such protection in each such country;
(II) the alien demonstrates that the alien was a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons and, as a result of such trafficking, was unable to apply for protection from persecution or torture in each country through which the alien transited en route to the United States; or
(III) the only countries through which the alien transited en route to the United States were, at the time of transit, not parties to the 1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, or the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
(b) Pending employment authorization. Section 208(d)(2) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(d)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
(2) Employment. An applicant for asylum is not entitled to employment authorization, and employment authorization may not be granted solely on the basis of a pending application for asylum under this section.
(c) Asylum filing fee. Section 208(d)(3) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(d)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
(3) Fees. The fee for filing an application for asylum under this section shall be $500. The Attorney General shall impose fees for employment authorization under this section and for adjustment of status under section 209(b). Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to limit the authority of the Attorney General to set additional adjudication and naturalization fees in accordance with section 286(m).
(d) Conforming amendment relating to unaccompanied alien children. Section 208(a)(2)(E) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(2)(E)) is amended by striking Subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting Subparagraph (B).
(e) Jurisdiction of asylum applications filed by unaccompanied alien children. Section 208(b)(3) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(3)) is amended by striking subparagraph (C).
(f) Additional consequence for frivolous applications. Section 208(d)(6) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(d)(6)) is amended by inserting , and, if the alien is ordered removed, may not be admitted to the United States during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the alien’s departure or removal before the period at the end.
VI Employment eligibility verification and labor protections
VII Conforming amendments; reports; effective dates; applicability; severability