House Judiciary Committee Passes Bill to Reduce Asylum Fraud
Rep. Mike Johnson
Published:
Thu, Jul 27th 2017 @ 9:33 am EDT
The House Judiciary Committee approved yesterday the Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act (H.R. 391), which would narrow the “credible fear” standards that illegal aliens must meet in order to make an asylum claim. The bill, which passed by a 19-11 vote, is sponsored by Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) after being first introduced by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah).
H.R. 391, the Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017, represents one of the most thorough responses to the surge of unaccompanied alien children (UACs) at the Southwest border in 2015-16. The bill would:
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