119-HR871

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 871

1. Short title
2. Modification of asylum eligibility

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Refugees Using Legal Entry Safely Act" or "RULES Act".

2. Modification of asylum eligibility

Section 208(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)) is amended—

(1) Application at ports of entry - 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) Effect of apprehension in the United States - 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) Effect of apprehension in the United States - 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.

(3) - by striking "Attorney General" each place it appears and inserting "Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as applicable,".