(A) is a citizen or permanent resident of a 
country other than the People’s Republic of 
China; or 
(B) is determined to have committed a 
gross violation of human rights. 
(c) INTENTION
TO
ABANDON
FOREIGN
RESI-
DENCE.—The fact that an alien described in this section 
is or was the beneficiary of an application for refugee sta-
tus, or is seeking entry to the United States to apply for 
asylum under section 208 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158), shall not constitute evidence 
of an intention to abandon a foreign residence for pur-
poses of obtaining or maintaining the status of a non-
immigrant described in section 101(a)(15) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)). 
SEC. 5. REFUGEE AND ASYLUM DETERMINATIONS UNDER 
THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT. 
(a) PERSECUTION ON ACCOUNT OF POLITICAL, RE-
LIGIOUS, OR CULTURAL EXPRESSION OR ASSOCIATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an alien who 
is within a category of aliens established under this 
Act, the alien may establish, for purposes of section 
3(a)(1) of this Act, that the alien has a well-founded 
fear of persecution on account of race, religion, na-
tionality, membership in a particular social group, or 
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political opinion by asserting such a fear and assert-
ing a credible basis for concern about the possibility 
of such persecution. 
(2) NATIONALS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA.—For purposes of refugee determinations 
under this Act in accordance with section 207 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), a 
national of the People’s Republic of China whose 
residency in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re-
gion, or any other area within the jurisdiction of the 
People’s Republic of China, as determined by the 
Secretary of State, is revoked for having submitted 
to any United States Government agency a nonfrivo-
lous application for refugee status, asylum, or any 
other immigration benefit under the immigration 
laws shall be considered to have suffered persecution 
on account of political opinion. 
(b) CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES.—For purposes of 
asylum determinations under this Act in accordance with 
section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1158), the revocation of the citizenship, nation-
ality, or residency of an individual for having submitted 
to any United States Government agency a nonfrivolous 
application for refugee status, asylum, or any other immi-
gration benefit under the immigration laws shall be con-
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sidered to be a changed circumstance under subsection 
(a)(2)(D) of that section. 
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘immigration laws’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17)). 
SEC. 6. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON ENCOURAGING ALLIES 
AND PARTNERS TO MAKE SIMILAR ACCOM-
MODATIONS. 
It is the policy of the United States to encourage al-
lies and partners of the United States to make accom-
modations similar to the accommodations made in this Act 
for residents of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 
who are fleeing oppression by the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China. 
SEC. 7. TERMINATION. 
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
shall cease to have effect on the date that is 10 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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