Asylum Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-481
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2019-01-10
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Asylum Protection Act of 2019 </b></p> <p>This bill shortens the current deadline for an asylum application from one year to 30 days from the date an asylum seeker enters the United States, and requires an applicant who arrives at a designated port of entry to begin the asylum application at the time of arrival.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 481 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 10, 2019 Mr. Rooney of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to alter the deadlines by which an application for asylum must be made, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Asylum Protection Act of 2019 . 2. Dates of applications for asylum Section 208(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(2) ) is amended— (1) by striking 1 year and inserting 30 days ; and (2) by adding before the period at the end the following: , except that, in the case of an alien who arrives at a designated port of arrival, that alien shall be required to commence an application at the time of arrival .