this subsection to be a child of the alien for 
purposes of this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 703. ELIMINATION OF ARBITRARY TIME LIMITS ON 
ASYLUM APPLICATIONS. 
Section 208(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘(D),’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(C),’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (D)—
(A) by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (B) and 
(C),’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B),’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘either’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘asylum or extraordinary’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘asylum.’’; and 
(4) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and 
(D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively. 
SEC. 704. GENDER-BASED PERSECUTION. 
(a) TREATMENT AS REFUGEE.—Section 101(a)(42) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(42)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) For purposes of determinations under 
this Act, a person who establishes that he or
she suffered persecution in the past, or has a 
well-founded fear of persecution, on account of 
gender shall be considered to have suffered per-
secution, or to have a well-founded fear of per-
secution, on account of membership in a par-
ticular social group.’’. 
(b) RESTRICTION ON REMOVAL TO COUNTRY WHERE 
ALIEN WOULD BE THREATENED.—Section 241(b)(3) of 
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(C) GENDER-BASED PERSECUTION.—For 
purposes of determinations under this para-
graph, an alien who establishes that the alien’s 
life or freedom would be threatened in a coun-
try on account of gender shall be considered to 
have established that the alien’s life or freedom 
would be threatened in that country on account 
of membership in a particular social group.’’. 
SEC. 705. ELIMINATION OF ARBITRARY CAP ON PERSONS 
ELIGIBLE TO ADJUST STATUS FROM ASYLEES 
TO LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS. 
Section 209(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1159(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘Not more 
than 10,000 of the’’ and all that follows through ‘‘to ad-
just’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to a numerical limitation de-
termined by the President before the beginning of each 
fiscal year, the Attorney General may adjust, in the Attor-
ney General’s discretion and under such regulations as the 
Attorney General may prescribe,’’. 
TITLE VIII—TEMPORARY 
PROTECTED STATUS 
SEC. 801. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN RECIPI-
ENTS OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 245 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(n)(1) If, in the opinion of the Secretary of the 
Homeland Security Department, a person granted tem-
porary protected status under section 244—
‘‘(A) has been physically present in the United 
States in that status for a continuous period of at 
least 5 years; 
‘‘(B) has at all times been a person of good 
moral character; 
‘‘(C) has never been convicted of a criminal of-
fense in the United States; 
‘‘(D) in the case of an alien who is 18 years of 
age or older, but who is not over the age of 65, has 
successfully completed a course on reading, writing, 
and speaking words in ordinary usage in the English