Asylum Accountability Act

Bill: 119-hr-698
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2025-01-23
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Asylum Accountability Act</strong></p> <p>This bill permanently bars a non-U.S. national (<em>alien</em> under federal law) from receiving certain immigration-related relief if that individual is ordered removed from the United States after failing to appear at a removal proceeding, unless that failure to appear is due to exceptional circumstances. (Currently, this bar from relief is for 10 years.) </p> <p>Under this bill, such an individual shall be permanently barred from receiving discretionary relief under specified immigration provisions, such as (1) cancellation of removal and adjustment to lawful permanent resident status, (2) being allowed to voluntarily depart from the United States, or (3) being allowed to change from one nonimmigrant classification to another. </p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 698 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 23, 2025 Mr. Rouzer (for himself, Ms. Foxx , Mr. Balderson , and Ms. Malliotakis ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permanently bar aliens who are ordered removed after failing to appear at a removal proceeding, absent exceptional circumstances, from becoming permanent residents of the United States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Asylum Accountability Act . 2. Permanent ineligibility for adjustment of status after failure to appear at removal proceeding Section 240(b)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1229a(b)(7) ) is amended by striking for a period of 10 years after the date of the entry of the final order of removal .