119-s200

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 200 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 200

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the eligibility 
 requirements for asylum.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 January 23, 2025

 Mr. Moreno introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the eligibility 
 requirements for asylum.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Refugees Using Legal Entry Safely 
Act'' or ``RULES Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF ASYLUM ELIGIBILITY.

 

Section 208

    (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1158

    (a) ) is amended--

    (1) by amending paragraph

    (1) to read as follows:
 ``

    (1) Application at ports of entry.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--Any alien who arrives at a port 
 of entry of the United States, irrespective of such 
 alien's status, may, only at such a port of entry, 
 apply for asylum in accordance with this section or, as 
 applicable, 

section 235

    (b) .
 ``
        (B) Prohibition on parole or release into the 
 united states.--Notwithstanding 

section 236

    (a)

    (2) , an 
 alien applying for asylum at a port of entry may not be 
 paroled or released into the United States.'';

    (2) in paragraph

    (2) --
        (A) by striking subparagraph
        (B) 
        (B) in subparagraph
            (C) , by striking ``Subject to 
 subparagraph
            (D) , paragraph'' and inserting 
 ``Paragraph'';
            (C) by striking subparagraph
            (D) ;
            (D) in subparagraph
        (E) , by striking 
 ``Subparagraphs
        (A) and
        (B) '' and inserting 
 ``Subparagraph
        (A) '';
        (E) by redesignating subparagraphs
            (C) and
        (E) as 
 subparagraphs
        (B) and
            (C) , respectively; and
        (F) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (D) Effect of apprehension in the united 
 states.--Paragraph

    (1) shall not apply to any alien who 
 is apprehended by or referred to the Secretary of 
 Homeland Security as an alien who has entered the 
 United States without inspection and admission or who 
 has remained in the United States beyond the alien's 
 period of authorized stay.''; and

    (3) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place it appears 
 and inserting ``Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland 
 Security, as applicable,''.
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