ADAPT Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7139
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2018-11-16
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Latest action: action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-11-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Asylum at Designated Arrival Ports and Terminals Act 2018 or the ADAPT Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require asylum applicants to arrive in the United States only at a designated port of arrival. Current law allows aliens to seek asylum whether or not they arrive at a designated port. </p> <p>The bill also requires asylum seekers to file their applications immediately upon arrival, where currently they have one year to do so.<br> </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7139 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 16, 2018 Mr. Gohmert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an alien may only apply for asylum at a designated port of arrival, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Asylum at Designated Arrival Ports and Terminals Act 2018 or the ADAPT Act of 2018 . 2. Limitation on application for asylum The Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 208(a) ( 8 U.S.C. 1158(a) )— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States (whether or not at a designated port of arrival and including an alien who is brought to the United States after having been interdicted in international or United States waters), irrespective of such alien's status, and inserting who arrives in the United States at a designated port of arrival ; and (ii) by inserting before the period at the end the following: only if the alien applies for asylum at a designated port of arrival ; and (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking within 1 year after the date of and inserting immediately upon ; and (2) in section 235(b)(1)(B) ( 8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B) ), by striking or is described in clause (iii) .