Canadian Trucker Freedom Act of 2022

Canadian Trucker Freedom Act of 2022

This bill provides asylum or refugee status to certain Canadian nationals involved in protests and waives certain requirements.

Specifically, asylum or refugee status shall be available to a Canadian national who (1) engaged in nonviolent protest; (2) suffered certain harm, such as reputational harm, from their involvement in such protests and the government of Canada's invocation of the Emergencies Act; (3) continues to be subject to such harm; (4) requests asylum or refugee status at a port of entry or U.S. consulate; (5) consents to and tests negative for COVID-19; and (6) did not unlawfully enter the United States.

Under this bill, such an individual may receive asylum or refugee status without a credible fear of persecution. (Generally, current law requires an individual applying for asylum or refugee status to be screened for credible fear, and their application is rejected if no credible fear is found.)

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6838 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6838

To provide for asylum or refugee status for certain Canadian nationals 
 subject to harm by reason of the invocation of the Emergencies Act by 
                       the Government of Canada.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2022

 Ms. Herrell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for asylum or refugee status for certain Canadian nationals 
 subject to harm by reason of the invocation of the Emergencies Act by 
                       the Government of Canada.

    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 ``Canadian Trucker Freedom Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS DEEMED TO BE REFUGEES.

    For purposes of section 101(a)(42) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, a person who demonstrates that they are described in 
section 3 shall be deemed to be a refugee, and may be admitted as a 
refugee under section 207 of such Act or receive asylum under section 
208 of such Act (without regard to any determination of credible fear 
under section 235 of such Act). Such deeming shall remain effective for 
a period of 5 years, which may be renewed by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, if the Secretary determines that the person would continue to 
be subject to harm pursuant to the invocation of the Emergencies Act 
(R.S.C., 1985, c. 22 (4th Supp.)) by the Government of Canada.

SEC. 3. PERSON DESCRIBED.

    A person described in this section is any Canadian national--
            (1) who engaged in a nonviolent protest;
            (2) who was harmed financially, physically, or in his or 
        her reputation, as a result of that protest, by the Government 
        of Canada pursuant to the invocation of the Emergencies Act 
        (R.S.C., 1985, c. 22 (4th Supp.)) by that government;
            (3) who presents himself or herself at a port of entry to 
        the United States or at any United States consulate, and 
        announces an intent to be deemed a refugee purusant to this 
        Act;
            (4) who consents to a test for SARS-CoV-2, and tests 
        negative for such virus; and
            (5) who did not unlawfully enter the United States.
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