[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 921 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 921

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an alien 
  who has been convicted of a crime is ineligible for asylum, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2023

 Mr. Good of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Posey, Mr. Biggs, 
  and Mr. Moore of Alabama) 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 provide that an alien 
  who has been convicted of a crime is ineligible for asylum, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``No Asylum for Criminals Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. ALIENS CONVICTED OF CRIMES INELIGIBLE FOR ASYLUM.

    Clause (ii) of section 208(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1158) is amended--
            (1) by amending clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) to read as 
        follows:
                            ``(ii) except as provided in subparagraph 
                        (B), the alien has been finally convicted of a 
                        crime;''; and
            (2) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
                    ``(B) Exception.--The Secretary of Homeland 
                Security may designate by regulation political offenses 
                committed outside the United States that will be not 
                considered to be a crime described in clause (ii). The 
                authority under this subparagraph is limited to 
                political offenses committed outside the United 
                States.''.
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