Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Refugees Using Legal Entry Safely Act” or “RULES Act”.
Refugees Using Legal Entry Safely Act
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the eligibility requirements for asylum.
Sec. 2 Modification of asylum eligibility
Section 208(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)) is amended—
by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
“(1) Application at ports of entry
“(A) In general—Any alien who arrives at a port of entry of the United States, irrespective of such alien's status, may, only at such a port of entry, apply for asylum in accordance with this section or, as applicable, section 235(b).
“(B) Prohibition on parole or release into the United States—Notwithstanding section 236(a)(2), an alien applying for asylum at a port of entry may not be paroled or released into the United States.”
in paragraph (2)—
by striking subparagraph (B)
in subparagraph (C), by striking “Subject to subparagraph (D), paragraph” and inserting “Paragraph”;
by striking subparagraph (D);
in subparagraph (E), by striking “Subparagraphs (A) and (B)” and inserting “Subparagraph (A)”;
by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (E) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(D) Effect of apprehension in the United States—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any alien who is apprehended by or referred to the Secretary of Homeland Security as an alien who has entered the United States without inspection and admission or who has remained in the United States beyond the alien's period of authorized stay.”
by striking “Attorney General” each place it appears and inserting “Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as applicable,”.