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I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 7725IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMay 11, 2022Mr. Perry (for himself, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Buck, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Steube, Mr. Carter of Texas, and Mr. Duncan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the availability of asylum for aliens transiting through third countries, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Preserving Border Integrity Act.

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Limitations on asylum for aliens transiting through third countries

Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158) is amended—(1)in subsection (a)(2)—(A)in subparagraph (A)—(i)by striking if the Attorney General determines that the alien may be removed, pursuant to a bilateral or multilateral agreement, to and inserting if the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that the alien may be removed to; and (ii)by striking Attorney General finds and inserting Attorney General or Secretary finds, on a case-by-case basis,; and (B)by adding at the end the following:(F)

Certain aliens entering along the southern border

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an alien described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(vii). ; and (2)in subsection (b)(2)(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 entered or attempted to enter the United States across the northern or southern border, but did not apply for protection from persecution or torture where it was available in at least one third country outside the alien’s country of citizenship, nationality, or last lawful habitual residence through which he or she transited en route to the United States, except in the case of an alien who—(I)demonstrates that he or she is a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons (as such term is defined in section 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)) and agrees to cooperate in an investigation or other proceeding concerning such trafficking; or(II)transited en route to the United States through only a country or countries that were not parties to the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, or the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. .