119 HR 8240 IH: Stopping Asylum Fraudsters Enforcement and Removal Act of 2026 U.S. House of Representatives 2026-04-09 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 8240IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESApril 9, 2026Mr. Tiffany introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit return to a county of concern with an asylum application.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Stopping Asylum Fraudsters Enforcement and Removal Act of 2026 or the SAFER Act of 2026.

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Prohibition on return to country of concern for asylum applications

Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158) is amended by adding at the end the following: (f)

Prohibition on return to country of concern

(1)

Prohibition

The Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General may not grant asylum to an alien who has returned to a country of concern. (2)

Effect on status

An alien who has been granted asylum and returns to a country of concern shall be subject to termination of a grant of asylum, denaturalization, and is subject to any applicable grounds of inadmissibility or deportability under section 212(a) and 237(a). (3)

Exception

Paragraphs (1) and (2) may be waived by the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General, as applicable, on a case-by-case basis if— (A)the President certifies that the individual is permitted to travel for national security purposes; or (B)the Secretary of State certifies that the country of concern has undergone a legitimate transfer of power. (4)

Country of concern defined

In this section, the term country of concern means the alien's country of nationality or, in the case of a person having no nationality, the country of the alien's last habitual residence for which the alien applied for asylum pursuant to this section..