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119th CONGRESS
1st Session |
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.
Mr. Rouzer (for himself, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Balderson, and Ms. Malliotakis) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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,
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”.