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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the eligibility requirements for asylum.
Summary
This bill would modify asylum eligibility requirements by restricting asylum applications to ports of entry only. It would prohibit paroling or releasing asylum applicants into the United States while their cases are pending. The bill would also make aliens ineligible for asylum if they are apprehended in the country after entering without inspection or overstaying an authorized visa period. These changes would limit asylum eligibility to individuals who apply through official ports of entry and would exclude those who enter or remain in the country without authorization.
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Sponsor (1)
6 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Anna Paulina Luna’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- RED APPLE GROUP $14,652
- ULINE $13,200
- BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL PARTNERS $13,200
- SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES $9,900
- INTERACTIVE BROKERS $9,900
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Actions (2)
- Jan 31, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jan 31, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 31, 2025
Mrs. Luna (for herself, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Rulli) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the eligibility requirements for asylum.
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 “Refugees Using Legal Entry Safely Act” or “RULES Act”.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF ASYLUM ELIGIBILITY.
Section 208(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)) is amended—
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
“(1) Application at ports of entry.—
“(A) In general.—Any alien who arrives at a port of entry of the United States, irrespective of such alien’s status, may, only at such a port of entry, apply for asylum in accordance with this section or, as applicable, section 235(b).
“(B) Prohibition on parole or release into the united states.—Notwithstanding section 236(a)(2), an alien applying for asylum at a port of entry may not be paroled or released into the United States.”;
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking subparagraph (B);
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking “Subject to subparagraph (D), paragraph” and inserting “Paragraph”;
(C) by striking subparagraph (D);
(D) in subparagraph (E), by striking “Subparagraphs (A) and (B)” and inserting “Subparagraph (A)”;
(E) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (E) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and
(F) by adding at the end the following:
“(D) Effect of apprehension in the united states.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any alien who is apprehended by or referred to the Secretary of Homeland Security as an alien who has entered the United States without inspection and admission or who has remained in the United States beyond the alien’s period of authorized stay.”; and
(3) by striking “Attorney General” each place it appears and inserting “Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as applicable,”. <all>
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