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nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
immigration judge for a hearing.
forged during the Cold War can adapt to a changing world and the war on terrorism.
of comprehensive immigration reform. This report will be updated as warranted.
The INA makes clear that the Attorney General can exercise discretion in the granting of asylum.
Aliens who participated in the persecution of other people are excluded from receiving asylum.
permanent resident (LPR) status to 3.5 million refugees, asylees, and other humanitarian entrants.
admissions and policy, see CRS Report RL31269, Refugee Admissions and Resettlement Policy, by Andorra Bruno.
INA §208; 8 U.S.C. §1158.
Concerning the Removal of Aliens, by Michael John Garcia.
INA §208(b)(2); 8 U.S.C. §1158.
gender-based abuses that occur around the world.
INA—would be adequate. In 1974, the INS issued its first asylum regulations as part of 8 C.F.R.
for aliens granted asylum to become legal permanent residents (LPRs).
Cuban Migration Policy and Issues, by Ruth Ellen Wasem.
§101(a)(42) of INA; 8 U.S.C. §1101.
Resettlement Policy, by Andorra Bruno.
and most of these asylum seekers ultimately became LPRs through special laws enacted for Cubans and Haitians.
she also could seek administrative and judicial review of the case.
claims, and disappear into the population.
entitled to a full hearing and judicial review to determine if they might be admissible.
review in certain circumstances, but it did not alter the numerical limits on asylee adjustments.
The IIRIRA provisions amended §235 of INA.
Siskin and Ruth Ellen Wasem.
may be released on their own recognizance while an immigration judge considers the case.
This provision was aimed at aliens who travel through countries that are signatories to the U.N.
RL32369, Immigration-Related Detention: Current Legislative Issues, by Alison Siskin.
See 8 C.F.R. §208.4(a)(4) and (5).
INA §208(a)(2)(A) and (C). The first and only agreement was signed with Canada in 2002.
than the well-founded fear of persecution standard required to obtain asylum.
INA §235(b)(1)(B)(v); 8 U.S.C. §1225.
INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca, 480 U.S. 421 (No. 85-782, Mar. 9, 1987).
Harpinder Singh v. Ilchert, 63 F.3d 1501 (9th Cir. 1995).
Matter of T-M-B-, 21 I. & N. Dec. 775, 777 (B.I.A. 1997).
asylum seeker to establish that he or she meets the refugee definition specified in the INA.
checks, then the alien is granted asylum status.
CRS Report RL31606, Detention of Noncitizens in the United States, by Alison Siskin and Margaret Mikyung Lee.
status in the United States.
the option of applying it to aliens illegaly present in the United States for less than two years.
• Why did you leave your home country or country of last residence?
being removed from the United States?
• Do you have any questions or is there anything else you would like to add?
by Alison Siskin and Ruth Ellen Wasem.
Federal Register, vol. 67, no. 219, Nov. 13, 2002, pp. 68923-68926.
23 I&N Dec. 572 (A.G. 2003).
CBP officers at ports of entry.38 Those who enter the country illegally are screened by the U.S.
will be returned to the United States to have the claim examined by the United States.
Determinations for Unauthorized Aliens in Detention, by Alison Siskin, May 1, 2003.
Terrorist Identification, Screening, and Tracking Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6, by William J.
Lisa M. Seghetti and Stephen R. Vina.
CRS Report RL32562, Border Security: The Role of the U.S. Border Patrol, by Blas Nuñez-Neto.
For more information, see U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Affirmative Asylum Procedures Manual, Feb.
2003, pp. 93-144; available at http://uscis.gov/graphics/lawsregs/handbook/AffrmAsyManFNL.pdf.
69 Federal Register, pp. 10620-10627, Mar. 8, 2004.
Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, Sept. 2005.
The number of affirmative asylum claims being approved also has fluctuated in recent years.
Source: CRS presentation of USCIS Office of International Affairs data.
Source: CRS presentation of DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review Office of Planning and Analysis data.
scaled to be comparable to Figure 1, and as a result the change over time is less apparent).
of cases approved and the number of cases denied.
than 50% of their cases approved, and (2) more than 100 cases approved by USCIS in FY2004.
Source: DHS Office of Immigration Statistics, FY2004 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, Sept. 2005.
Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, Sept. 2004.
Source: DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review, FY2003 Statistical Yearbook , Mar. 2005.
Colombia, Haiti, Guatemala, and Mexico—made up 43% of all defensive claims filed with EOIR.
Yearbook, Apr. 2004, and FY2004 Statistical Yearbook, Apr. 2005.
Note: EOIR data include asylum cases referred by USCIS.
distribution of the USCIS claims differs from that of the EOIR claims, as do the sheer numbers.
America third at 16.3%. African asylum claimants comprised 14.8% of EOIR claims.
in FY2005 was 25,257, down from a high of 38,641 in FY2001.
returned home, they will be persecuted based on coercive population control policies.
Source: CRS presentation of data from the USCIS Office of Refugees, Asylum, and International Operations.
cap when adjusting as LPRs.
Unpublished data provided by the USCIS Office of Refugees, Asylum, and International Operations.
Source: CRS analysis of data from the DHS Office of Immigration Statistics.
arbitrary and unfair, singling out one group of asylees for differential treatment.
E-mail correspondence from the DHS Office of Immigration Statistics, Jan. 22, 2007.
highlights major bills with asylum provisions that received action in one or both chambers.
received action. The asylum-related provisions of these three bills are summarized below.
provided unless a reasonable explanation is given as to why such information is not provided.
that a reasonable adjudicator is compelled to conclude that such evidence is unavailable.
Legislative Information System (LIS) was last searched for asylum public bills on Jan. 25, 2007.
eligibility for refugee or asylum status.
and was included in the National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-458).
Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-13, Division B).
language (§101) had several key features.
opinion was or will be the central motive for his or her persecution.
REAL ID Act of 2005, by Michael John Garcia, Margaret Mikyung Lee, and Todd B. Tatelman.
passed the House of Representatives on February 10, 2005, by a vote of 261 to 161.
signed H.R. 1268 as P.L. 109-13 on May 11, 2005.
persecution or an intention to seek asylum the opportunity for a credible fear determination.
When the 109th Congress closed, the major immigration reform proposals remained pending.
U.S. House of Representatives, Conference Report on H.R. 1268, H.Rept. 109-72, May 3, 2005.
Refugee Legislative Matters 109th Congress, Dec. 26, 2005.
should be restricted and judicial review of asylum cases more limited.
that—if an asylum seeker is a suspected or known terrorist—the law already bars alien terrorists.
process and freedom from repression and persecution.
opportunity to have their fears considered by an asylum officer and/or an immigration judge.
who express fears of persecution.
Aliens, by Michael John Garcia and Ruth Ellen Wasem.
regular removal proceedings, they argue, can result in the person losing substantive rights.
alternatives to detention (e.g., electronic monitoring) for asylum seekers in expedited removal.
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Study on Asylum Seekers in Expedited Removal, Feb. 2005.
and Strategies to Improve National Security,” Jun. 7, 2005.
Criteria and Standards Relating to the Detention of Asylum Seekers, Feb. 1999.
of U.S. asylum and refugee law.
Legislative Issues, by Alison Siskin.
Ruth Ellen Wasem; and CRS Report RS21349, U.S. Immigration Policy on Haitian Migrants, by Ruth Ellen Wasem.
residence status at the discretion of the Attorney General.
Asylum Seekers.) Available at http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/pdf/107hrg/88613.pdf.
decisions, and speed up the lengthy asylum adjudication process.
Matter of R-A-, Int. Dec. 3403 (BIA 1999, A.G. 2001).
Adjudicating Asylum Claims from Women, from Phyllis Coven, Office of International Affairs, May 26, 1995.
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Background Information and Issues for Congress, by Tiaji Salaam-Blyther, Erin D.
Williams, and Ruth Ellen Wasem.

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