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This bill would make it much harder for a person who is ordered removed from the United States after missing an immigration court hearing to later become a permanent resident. Under current law, that person is blocked from getting permanent resident status for 10 years. This bill would remove that time limit and make the bar permanent, unless there were exceptional circumstances for the missed hearing.
- It applies to people who are ordered removed because they did not show up for a removal proceeding.
- The bill would change current law so the restriction on becoming a permanent resident would last forever instead of only 10 years.
- There is still an exception if the person can show exceptional circumstances.
Official Summaries
Asylum Accountability Act
This bill permanently bars a non-U.S. national (alien 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.)
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.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 698 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 698
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.
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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
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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.
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 ``Asylum Accountability Act''.
SEC. 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''.
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