Asylum Reform and Loophole Closure Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill tightens asylum eligibility by adding a transit-country rule that bars eligibility unless the applicant sought protection in each country crossed on the way to the United States.
Who Benefits and How
Federal immigration restriction and border-enforcement priorities would be advanced by narrowing who can seek asylum in the United States.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Asylum seekers who transited through third countries would face a new eligibility barrier before they can seek protection in the United States.
Key Provisions
- Adds a new transit-country-based asylum ineligibility rule.
- Allows the Attorney General or Secretary of Homeland Security to apply the new eligibility standard.
- Requires applicants to show they sought protection in each transit country and were denied there.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill tightens asylum eligibility by adding a transit-country rule that bars eligibility unless the applicant sought protection in each country crossed on the way to the United States.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Civil Rights
Primary Purpose
This bill tightens asylum eligibility by adding a transit-country rule that bars eligibility unless the applicant sought protection in each country crossed on the way to the United States.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal immigration enforcement priorities
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Asylum seekers transiting third countries
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Asylum seekers transiting third countries
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
- "the_attorney_general"
- → Attorney General
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