No Asylum for CCP Spies Act

Bill: 118-s-2905
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-09-21
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-09-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>No Asylum for CCP Spies Act</strong></p><p>This bill makes a non-U.S. national (<em>alien </em>under federal law) who has been affiliated with the Communist or a totalitarian party ineligible for asylum. The bill provides exceptions for an applicant who establishes that such affiliation was involuntary or limited or, alternatively, has significant information relating to national security,</p><p>Under the bill, a non-U.S. national who is or has been a member of or affiliated with the Communist or any totalitarian party (including a subdivision or affiliate thereof) is ineligible for asylum. (Under current law, such affiliation makes a non-U.S. national ineligible for a visa or lawful permanent resident status, with certain exceptions.)</p><p>Such an individual&nbsp;may become eligible for asylum if the individual (1) publicly renounces his or her membership before applying; (2) denounces such party during the adjudication process; (3) has been determined by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Department of Justice (DOJ) not to be a danger to U.S. security; and (4) establishes that such party affiliation was involuntary, automatic, to obtain employment or living essentials, or only while the individual was younger than 16 years of age.&nbsp;</p><p>Alternatively, DHS or DOJ may waive these requirements if a non-U.S.&nbsp;national seeking asylum (1) has significant information relating to national security, (2) renounces the party affiliation or membership and denounces the totalitarian party, and (3) is determined not to be a danger to the United States.</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,{"mce-conversation_36745957921725379973472":{"uid":"mce-conversation_36745957921725379973472","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_36745957921725379973472","author":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","content":"Generally inadmissible: https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-f-chapter-3#footnote-1","createdAt":"2024-09-03T16:12:53.472Z","modifiedAt":"2024-09-03T16:12:53.472Z"}]},"mce-conversation_95935319831725380071665":{"uid":"mce-conversation_95935319831725380071665","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_95935319831725380071665","author":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","content":"Asylum generally: https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-asylum","createdAt":"2024-09-03T16:14:31.665Z","modifiedAt":"2024-09-03T16:14:31.665Z"}]},"mce-conversation_78636079141725380129828":{"uid":"mce-conversation_78636079141725380129828","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_78636079141725380129828","author":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","content":"Sponsor media release: https://www.rubio.senate.gov/rubio-colleagues-introduce-bill-to-prohibit-asylum-for-ccp-members/","createdAt":"2024-09-03T16:15:29.828Z","modifiedAt":"2024-09-03T16:15:29.828Z"}]},"mce-conversation_86408688851725390677055":{"uid":"mce-conversation_86408688851725390677055","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_86408688851725390677055","author":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","content":"Inadmissible: https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-f-chapter-3#footnote-1","createdAt":"2024-09-03T19:11:17.055Z","modifiedAt":"2024-09-03T19:11:17.055Z"}]},"mce-conversation_52379676661725390695591":{"uid":"mce-conversation_52379676661725390695591","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_52379676661725390695591","author":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","content":"Asylum generally: https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-asylum","createdAt":"2024-09-03T19:11:35.591Z","modifiedAt":"2024-09-03T19:11:35.591Z"},{"uid":"mce-reply_22998197571725390706920","author":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","content":"Sponsor statement: https://www.rubio.senate.gov/rubio-colleagues-introduce-bill-to-prohibit-asylum-for-ccp-members/","createdAt":"2024-09-03T19:11:46.920Z","modifiedAt":"2024-09-03T19:11:46.920Z"}]},"mce-conversation_34435152421725479328845":{"uid":"mce-conversation_34435152421725479328845","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_34435152421725479328845","author":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","content":"Under current law, membership in a totalitarian party can make someone ineligible for admission but that does not prohibit them for seeking/obtaining asylum. Source for how party membership relates to immigration applications: https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-f-chapter-3","createdAt":"2024-09-04T19:48:48.845Z","modifiedAt":"2024-09-04T19:48:48.845Z"}]},"mce-conversation_88841776331725480650966":{"uid":"mce-conversation_88841776331725480650966","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_88841776331725480650966","author":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","content":"non-U.S. disappears unless I remove the punctuation, can you add it back?","createdAt":"2024-09-04T20:10:50.966Z","modifiedAt":"2024-09-04T20:10:50.966Z"}]},"mce-conversation_23428447241725480788501":{"uid":"mce-conversation_23428447241725480788501","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_23428447241725480788501","author":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","content":"Generally totalitarian party membership is disqualifying for immigration (subject to exceptions, see this link\" https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-f-chapter-3)... These individuals can still qualify for asylum: https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-m-chapter-2","createdAt":"2024-09-04T20:13:08.501Z","modifiedAt":"2024-09-04T20:13:08.501Z"}]},"mce-conversation_99159912421728308858046":{"uid":"mce-conversation_99159912421728308858046","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_99159912421728308858046","author":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","content":"I thought this was useful context to show that asylum is already a limited scenario where Communist/totalitarian party affiliation is not prohibitive. However, given the space constraints perhaps it should be removed.","createdAt":"2024-10-07T13:47:38.046Z","modifiedAt":"2024-10-07T13:47:38.046Z"}]},"mce-conversation_63933773331728309163494":{"uid":"mce-conversation_63933773331728309163494","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_63933773331728309163494","author":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","content":"This paragraph mostly reflect the new sub-sub paragraph (iii) \"Exception to Party Membership\"","createdAt":"2024-10-07T13:52:43.494Z","modifiedAt":"2024-10-07T13:52:43.494Z"}]},"mce-conversation_1858959341728309234921":{"uid":"mce-conversation_1858959341728309234921","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_1858959341728309234921","author":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","content":"This paragraph mostly reflects the new sub-sub paragraph (iv) \"Waiver\"; note that the conditions do not require a renunciation of the membership BEFORE the asylum application (as is required for (iii))","createdAt":"2024-10-07T13:53:54.921Z","modifiedAt":"2024-10-07T13:53:54.921Z"}]},"mce-conversation_65431448651728309459054":{"uid":"mce-conversation_65431448651728309459054","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_65431448651728309459054","author":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","content":"You may notice that most of the requirements for both paths to asylum are the same; however, the first path requires renunciation before applying and the second does not. I considered setting out the common requirements for both paths at once but there was not a good way to do it that seemed accurate or that used fewer characters. ","createdAt":"2024-10-07T13:57:39.054Z","modifiedAt":"2024-10-07T13:57:39.054Z"}]},"mce-conversation_17388332561728309692556":{"uid":"mce-conversation_17388332561728309692556","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_17388332561728309692556","author":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","content":"I considered adding a sentence here about how there are other requirements for asylum, especially the requirement in 1158(b)(2)(B) regarding crimes, but couldn't strike the right balance between being too general about further requirements (which would not really help the reader understand more) or too specific (potentially misleading the reader into thinking I was presenting all of the requirements here).","createdAt":"2024-10-07T14:01:32.556Z","modifiedAt":"2024-10-07T14:01:32.556Z"}]},"mce-conversation_9190692871728309792072":{"uid":"mce-conversation_9190692871728309792072","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_9190692871728309792072","author":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"mohora@lib.loc.gov","content":"Interestingly the bill does not specify the Chinese Communist Party anywhere, otherwise I might have included it as an example! ","createdAt":"2024-10-07T14:03:12.072Z","modifiedAt":"2024-10-07T14:03:12.072Z"}]},"mce-conversation_22094730021728568847993":{"uid":"mce-conversation_22094730021728568847993","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_22094730021728568847993","author":"pleung@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"pleung@lib.loc.gov","content":"I added \"with certain exceptions\" to the explanation of current law as there are some exceptions for lapsed membership. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182&num=0&edition=prelim","createdAt":"2024-10-10T14:00:47.993Z","modifiedAt":"2024-10-10T14:00:47.993Z"}]},"mce-conversation_23937341331728568895144":{"uid":"mce-conversation_23937341331728568895144","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_23937341331728568895144","author":"pleung@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"pleung@lib.loc.gov","content":"Deleted \"consultation\" language because it's generally not required for our summaries.","createdAt":"2024-10-10T14:01:35.144Z","modifiedAt":"2024-10-10T14:01:35.144Z"}]},"mce-conversation_82534863141728568961933":{"uid":"mce-conversation_82534863141728568961933","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_82534863141728568961933","author":"pleung@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"pleung@lib.loc.gov","content":"Added numbers to streamline and help with readability.","createdAt":"2024-10-10T14:02:41.933Z","modifiedAt":"2024-10-10T14:02:41.933Z"}]},"mce-conversation_82099505551728569022202":{"uid":"mce-conversation_82099505551728569022202","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_82099505551728569022202","author":"pleung@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"pleung@lib.loc.gov","content":"Deleted the \"personal acquiesence\" because for readability I felt it was sufficiently covered by involuntary.","createdAt":"2024-10-10T14:03:42.202Z","modifiedAt":"2024-10-10T14:03:42.202Z"}]},"mce-conversation_80582010461728569110025":{"uid":"mce-conversation_80582010461728569110025","comments":[{"uid":"mce-conversation_80582010461728569110025","author":"pleung@lib.loc.gov","authorName":"pleung@lib.loc.gov","content":"Made it \"an individual\" to be parallel with earlier reference to the individual. Changed to \"under the bill\" rather than \"the bill makes\" because technically before the bill these people WERE eligibile- this bill is actually taking away the eligiblity and carving out an exception, so it's not \"making\" them eligible.","createdAt":"2024-10-10T14:05:10.025Z","modifiedAt":"2024-10-10T14:05:10.025Z"}]}}-->

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2905 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 21, 2023 Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Marshall , Mr. Scott of Florida , Mr. Hagerty , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Hawley , Mr. Braun , and Mr. Ricketts ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To deny asylum to members of a Communist or other totalitarian party, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Asylum for CCP Spies Act . 2. Denial of asylum to members of a Communist or other totalitarian party Section 208(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) in clause (v), by striking or at the end; (B) in clause (vi), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (vii) the alien is described in section 212(a)(3)(D)(i), except as provided in subparagraph (B)(iii) and subject to ; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the following: (iii) Exception to party membership (I) In general Notwithstanding subparagraph (A)(vii), an alien who is described in section 212(a)(3)(D)(i) may be granted asylum pursuant to paragraph (1) if— (aa) the alien— (AA) has, before applying for asylum and through a service approved by the Federal Government, publicly renounced his or her membership in the Communist or totalitarian party of which the alien was a member or with which the alien was affiliated and denounces such party during the asylum adjudication process; and (BB) establishes, to the satisfaction of the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, that the membership or affiliation of the alien with a Communist or totalitarian party is or was involuntary, limited to a period when the alien was younger than 16 years of age, automatic, by operation of law, without the alien's personal acquiescence, or solely for the purpose of obtaining employment, food rations, or other living essentials; and (bb) the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, determines that the alien is not a danger to the security of the United States. (iv) Waiver (I) In general In the case of an alien described in section 212(a)(3)(D)(i) who is not eligible for asylum under clause (iii), the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security may waive the application of such section if the Attorney General or the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, determines that such alien has significant information relating to national security. (II) Conditions An alien may only be granted a waiver under this clause if— (aa) the alien, through a service approved by the Federal Government, publicly renounces his or her membership in the Communist or totalitarian party of which the alien was a member or with which the alien was affiliated and denounces such party during the asylum adjudication process; and (bb) the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, determines that the alien is not a danger to the security of the United States. .