(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and whose reuni-
fication with 1 or both of the immigrant’s parents 
is not viable due to abuse, neglect, abandonment, or 
a similar basis found under State law’’; and 
(2) in clause (iii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
clause (I); 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
clause (II); and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(III) an alien may not be grant-
ed special immigrant juvenile status 
under this subparagraph if his or her 
reunification with any one parent or 
legal guardian is not precluded by 
abuse, neglect, abandonment, or any 
similar cause under State law;’’. 
TITLE II—ASYLUM REFORM 
SEC. 201. CREDIBLE FEAR INTERVIEWS. 
Section 235(b)(1)(B)(v) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)(v)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘claim’’ and all that follows, and inserting ‘‘claim, 
as determined pursuant to section 208(b)(1)(B)(iii), and 
such other facts as are known to the officer, that the alien 
could establish eligibility for asylum under section 208, 
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and it is more probable than not that the statements made 
by, and on behalf of, the alien in support of the alien’s 
claim are true.’’. 
SEC. 202. JURISDICTION OF ASYLUM APPLICATIONS. 
Section 208(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1158) is amended by striking subparagraph 
(C). 
SEC. 203. RECORDING EXPEDITED REMOVAL AND CRED-
IBLE FEAR INTERVIEWS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall establish quality assurance procedures and take 
steps to effectively ensure that questions by employees of 
the Department of Homeland Security exercising expe-
dited removal authority under section 235(b) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)) are asked 
in a uniform manner, to the extent possible, and that both 
these questions and the answers provided in response to 
them are recorded in a uniform fashion. 
(b) CREDIBLE FEAR INTERVIEW CHECKLISTS.—The 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide a checklist 
of standard questions and concepts to be addressed in all 
interviews under section 235(b) to immigration officers ex-
ercising decision-making authority in such interviews. 
Such checklists shall be routinely updated to include rel-
evant changes to law and procedures and shall, at a min-
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imum, require that all immigration officers utilizing such 
checklists provide concise justifications of their decision 
regardless of whether credible fear was or was not estab-
lished. 
(c) FACTORS RELATING TO SWORN STATEMENTS.— 
Where practicable, any sworn or signed written statement 
taken of an alien as part of the record of a proceeding 
under section 235(b)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(A)) shall be accom-
panied by a recording of the interview which served as the 
basis for that sworn statement. 
(d) INTERPRETERS.—The Secretary shall ensure that 
a competent interpreter, not affiliated with the govern-
ment of the country from which the alien may claim asy-
lum, is used when the interviewing officer does not speak 
a language understood by the alien. 
(e) RECORDINGS IN IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS.— 
There shall be an audio or audio visual recording of inter-
views of aliens subject to expedited removal. The recording 
shall be included in the record of proceeding and shall be 
considered as evidence in any further proceedings involv-
ing the alien. 
(f) NO PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to create any right, benefit, 
trust, or responsibility, whether substantive or procedural, 
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enforceable in law or equity by a party against the United 
States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, enti-
ties, officers, employees, or agents, or any person, nor does 
this section create any right of review in any administra-
tive, judicial, or other proceeding. 
SEC. 204. SAFE THIRD COUNTRY. 
Section 208(a)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘if the Attorney General deter-
mines’’ and inserting ‘‘if the Attorney General or the 
Secretary of Homeland Security determines—’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘that the alien may be removed’’ 
and inserting: 
‘‘(i) that the alien may be removed’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘removed, pursuant to a bilat-
eral or multilateral agreement, to’’ and inserting 
‘‘removed to’’; 
(4) by inserting ‘‘, on a case by case basis,’’ be-
fore ‘‘finds that’’; 
(5) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; or’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) that the alien entered, attempted to enter, 
or arrived in the United States after transiting 
through at least one country outside the alien’s 
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country of citizenship, nationality, or last lawful ha-
bitual residence en route to the United States, un-
less— 
‘‘(I) the alien demonstrates that he or she 
applied for protection from persecution or tor-
ture in at least one country outside the alien’s 
country of citizenship, nationality, or last lawful 
habitual residence through which the alien 
transited en route to the United States, and the 
alien received a final judgement denying the 
alien protection in each country; 
‘‘(II) the alien demonstrates that he or she 
was a victim of a severe form of trafficking in 
which a commercial sex act was induced by 
force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person 
induced to perform such act was under the age 
of 18 years; or in which the trafficking included 
the recruitment, harboring, transportation, pro-
vision, or obtaining of a person for labor or 
services through the use of force, fraud, or coer-
cion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary 
servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery, 
and was unable to apply for protection from 
persecution in all countries that alien transited 
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