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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit return to a county of concern with an asylum application.
Summary
This bill amends immigration law to prohibit granting asylum to individuals who have returned to the country from which they sought asylum. If someone who already has been granted asylum returns to their home country, their asylum status can be terminated and they may be subject to deportation. The bill defines a country of concern as the applicant's country of nationality or, for stateless persons, their country of last residence where they applied for asylum. Exceptions to these prohibitions can be made if the President certifies the person's travel is for national security purposes, or if the Secretary of State certifies the country has undergone a legitimate transfer of power. The bill is titled the Stopping Asylum Fraudsters Enforcement and Removal Act of 2026.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
- Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26] (R-TX)
Actions (2)
- Apr 9, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Apr 9, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 9, 2026
Mr. Tiffany introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit return to a county of concern with an asylum application.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Stopping Asylum Fraudsters Enforcement and Removal Act of 2026” or the “SAFER Act of 2026”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RETURN TO COUNTRY OF CONCERN FOR ASYLUM APPLICATIONS.
Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(f) Prohibition on Return to Country of Concern.—
“(1) Prohibition.—The Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General may not grant asylum to an alien who has returned to a country of concern.
“(2) Effect on status.—An alien who has been granted asylum and returns to a country of concern shall be subject to termination of a grant of asylum, denaturalization, and is subject to any applicable grounds of inadmissibility or deportability under section 212(a) and 237(a).
“(3) Exception.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) may be waived by the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General, as applicable, on a case-by-case basis if—
“(A) the President certifies that the individual is permitted to travel for national security purposes; or
“(B) the Secretary of State certifies that the country of concern has undergone a legitimate transfer of power.
“(4) Country of concern defined.—In this section, the term ‘country of concern’ means the alien’s country of nationality or, in the case of a person having no nationality, the country of the alien’s last habitual residence for which the alien applied for asylum pursuant to this section.”. <all>
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