No Asylum for Criminals Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-398
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2021-01-21
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Criminal justice information and records

Department of Homeland Security

Immigration status and procedures

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Asylum for Criminals Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill bars an individual who has been convicted of a crime from receiving asylum, with limited exceptions. Specifically, the Department of Homeland Security may designate political offenses committed outside of the United States that shall not be considered a crime for this purpose.</p> <p>Currently, an individual shall be barred from receiving asylum for only certain types of criminal convictions, such as if the individual is convicted for (1) an aggravated felony, or (2) a particularly serious crime and as a result deemed a danger to the United States. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 398 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 21, 2021 Mr. Good of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Gaetz , Mr. Duncan , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Brooks , Mr. Babin , Mr. Gooden of Texas , Mr. Tiffany , Mr. Biggs , Mr. Moore of Alabama , Mr. Arrington , Mr. Grothman , and Mr. Rice of South Carolina ) 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 who has been convicted of a crime is ineligible for asylum, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Asylum for Criminals Act of 2021 . 2. Aliens convicted of crimes ineligible for asylum Clause (ii) of section 208(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1158 ) is amended— (1) by amending clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) to read as follows: (ii) except as provided in subparagraph (B), the alien has been finally convicted of a crime; ; and (2) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: (B) Exception The Secretary of Homeland Security may designate by regulation political offenses committed outside the United States that will be not considered to be a crime described in clause (ii). The authority under this subparagraph is limited to political offenses committed outside the United States. .