SEC. 2. SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSER DEFINED.
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 101(a) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(50)(A) The term ‘serious human rights abuser’
means any alien who—
‘‘(i) ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise par-
ticipated in the persecution of any person on account
of race, religion, nationality, membership in a par-
ticular social group, or political opinion;
‘‘(ii) while serving as a foreign government offi-
cial, was responsible for, or directly carried out, par-
ticularly severe violations of religious freedom (as
defined in section 3 of the International Religious
Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6402));
‘‘(iii) during an armed conflict, ordered, incited,
assisted, or otherwise participated in a war crime (as
defined in section 2441(c) of title 18, United States
Code);
‘‘(iv) ordered, incited, assisted, otherwise par-
ticipated in, attempted to commit, or conspired to
commit conduct that would constitute genocide (as
defined in section 1091(a) of title 18, United States
Code), if the conduct were committed in the United
States or by a United States national;
‘‘(v) ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise par-
ticipated in any act of torture (as defined in the
United Nations Convention Against Torture and
Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment, done at New York on
December 10, 1984, subject to any reservations, un-
derstandings, declarations, and provisos contained in
the United States Senate resolution of ratification of
the Convention); or
‘‘(vi) ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise
participated in a crime against humanity (including
the commission of murder, extermination, enslave-
ment, deportation, imprisonment, torture, rape, sex-
ual slavery, forced prostitution, forced pregnancy,
forced abortion, forced sterilization, or acts of a
similar character), when committed as part of a
widespread or systematic attack, whether inter-
national or internal in character, and directed
against any civilian population, with actual or con-
structive knowledge of the attack.
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to an alien
who demonstrates that—
‘‘(i) the conduct was committed under extreme
duress; and
‘‘(ii) the harm reasonably feared by the alien
substantially exceeded the harm attributable to the
alien’s conduct.
SEC. 3. SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS INADMISSIBLE
AND DEPORTABLE.
(a) INADMISSIBILITY OF SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS
ABUSERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 212(a)(2)(G) of the
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1182(a)(2)(G)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(G) SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS.—
Any serious human rights abuser is inadmis-
sible.’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
212(a)(3)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(E)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(E) PARTICIPANTS
IN
NAZI
PERSECU-
TIONS.—Any alien who, during the period be-
ginning on March 23, 1933, and ending on May
8, 1945, under the direction of, or in associa-
tion with—
‘‘(i) the Nazi government of Germany,
‘‘(ii) any government in any area oc-
cupied by the military forces of the Nazi
government of Germany,
‘‘(iii) any government established with
the assistance or cooperation of the Nazi
government of Germany, or
‘‘(iv) any government which was an
ally of the Nazi government of Germany,
ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise partici-
pated in the persecution of any person because
of race, religion, national origin, or political
opinion is inadmissible.’’.
(b) DEPORTABLE ALIENS TO INCLUDE SERIOUS
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 237(a) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(7) SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS.— Any
serious human rights abuser is deportable.’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
237(a)(4)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)(D)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(D) ASSISTED IN NAZI PERSECUTION.—
Any alien described in section 212(a)(3)(E) is
deportable.’’.
SEC. 4. BARS TO REFUGEE STATUS AND ASYLUM FOR SERI-
OUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS.
(a) REFUGEE DEFINED.—Section 101(a)(42) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(42))
is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting
the following:
‘‘The term ‘refugee’ does not include any person who is
a serious human rights abuser.’’.
(b) NO WAIVER OF GROUND OF INADMISSIBILITY
FOR REFUGE SEEKERS.—Section 207(c)(3) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(c)(3)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘or (2)(G)’’ after ‘‘(2)(C)’’.
(c) EXCEPTIONS TO GRANTING ASYLUM.—Section
208(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(i) the alien is a serious human
rights abuser;’’.
(d) EXTENSION TO SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF EX-
CEPTIONS TO GRANTING ASYLUM.—Section 208(b)(3) of
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1158(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘such alien.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such alien, unless the Attorney General deter-