Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Asylum Protection Act of 2018”.
Asylum Protection Act of 2018
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to alter the deadlines by which an application for asylum must be made, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Dates of applications for asylum
Section 208(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(2)) is amended—
by striking “1 year” and inserting “30 days”; and
by adding before the period at the end the following: “, except that, in the case of an alien who arrives at a designated port of arrival, that alien shall be required to commence an application at the time of arrival”.