SEC. 19. FIRM RESETTLEMENT. 
Section 
208(b)(2)(A)(vi) 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1158(b)(2)(A)(vi)) is amended by striking ‘‘States.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘States, which shall be considered demonstrated 
by evidence that the alien can live in such country (in any 
legal status) without fear of persecution.’’. 
SEC. 20. TERMINATION OF ASYLUM STATUS PURSUANT TO 
RETURN TO HOME COUNTRY. 
(a) TERMINATION OF STATUS.—Except as provided 
in subsections (b) and (c), any alien who is granted asylum 
or refugee status under the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), who, without a compelling 
reason as determined by the Secretary, subsequently re-
turns to the country of such alien’s nationality or, in the 
case of an alien having no nationality, returns to any coun-
try in which such alien last habitually resided, and who 
applied for such status because of persecution or a well- 
founded fear of persecution in that country on account of 
race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular so-
cial group, or political opinion, shall have his or her status 
terminated. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary has discretion to waive 
subsection (a) if it is established to the satisfaction of the 
Secretary that the alien had a compelling reason for the 
return. The waiver may be sought prior to departure from 
the United States or upon return. 
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(c) EXCEPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
ALIENS
FROM 
CUBA.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to an alien who is 
eligible for adjustment to that of an alien lawfully admit-
ted for permanent residence pursuant to the Cuban Ad-
justment Act of 1966 (Public Law 89–732). 
SEC. 21. ASYLUM CASES FOR HOME SCHOOLERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(42) (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(42)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘For purposes of determinations under this Act, 
a person who has been persecuted for failure or refusal 
to comply with any law or regulation that prevents the 
exercise of the individual right of that person to direct the 
upbringing and education of a child of that person (includ-
ing any law or regulation preventing homeschooling), or 
for other resistance to such a law or regulation, shall be 
deemed to have been persecuted on account of membership 
in a particular social group, and a person who has a well 
founded fear that he or she will be subject to persecution 
for such failure, refusal, or resistance shall be deemed to 
have a well founded fear of persecution on account of 
membership in a particular social group.’’. 
(b) NUMERICAL LIMITATION.—Section 207(a) (8 
U.S.C. 1157(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
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‘‘(5) For any fiscal year, not more than 500 
aliens may be admitted under this section, or grant-
ed asylum under section 208, pursuant to a deter-
mination under section 101(a)(42) that the alien is 
described in the final sentence of section 101(a)(42) 
(as added by section 21 of the Asylum Reform and 
Border Protection Act of 2015).’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act and shall apply to failure or re-
fusal to comply with a law or regulation, or other re-
sistance to a law or regulation, occurring before, on, 
or after such date. 
(2) NUMERICAL LIMITATION.—The amendment 
made by subsection (b) shall take effect beginning 
on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 22. NOTICE CONCERNING FRIVOLOUS ASYLUM APPLI-
CATIONS:. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 208(d)(4) (8 U.S.C. 
1158(d)(4)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Security 
or’’ before ‘‘the Attorney General’’; 
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(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and of 
the consequences, under paragraph (6), of knowingly 
filing a frivolous application for asylum’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) ensure that a written warning ap-
pears on the asylum application advising the 
alien of the consequences of filing a frivolous 
application.’’; and 
(5) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘The written warning referred to in subparagraph 
(C) shall serve as notice to the alien of the con-
sequences of filing a frivolous application.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 208(d)(6) 
(8 U.S.C. 1158(d)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(4)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)(C)’’. 
SEC. 23. TERMINATION OF ASYLUM STATUS. 
Section 208(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. (c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) If an alien’s asylum status is subject to 
termination under section 208(c)(2), the immigra-
tion judge shall first determine whether the condi-
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tions specified under 208(c)(2) have been met, and 
if so, terminate the alien’s asylum status before con-
sidering whether the alien is eligible for adjustment 
of status under section 209.’’. 
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