H.R. 698 — Asylum Accountability Act

Asylum Accountability Act

This bill permanently bars a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) from receiving certain immigration-related relief if that individual is ordered removed from the United States after failing to appear at a removal proceeding, unless that failure to appear is due to exceptional circumstances. (Currently, this bar from relief is for 10 years.)

Under this bill, such an individual shall be permanently barred from receiving discretionary relief under specified immigration provisions, such as (1) cancellation of removal and adjustment to lawful permanent resident status, (2) being allowed to voluntarily depart from the United States, or (3) being allowed to change from one nonimmigrant classification to another.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 698 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 698

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2025

Mr. Rouzer (for himself, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Balderson, and Ms. Malliotakis) 
 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 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,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    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''.
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