HR 3856 · 116th Congress · Immigration

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform asylum procedures related to safe third countries, and for other purposes.

Introduced 2019-07-19· Sponsored by Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.(2019-08-12)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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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