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117th Congress · Senate

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers".

Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures · Administrative remedies · Border security and unlawful immigration · Congressional oversight · Department of Homeland Security · Immigration status and procedures · Refugees, asylum, displaced persons · Immigration

In plain language

  • Senate joint resolution in the 117th Congress.
  • Nullifies the interim final rule submitted by the Department of Justice and DHS and published on March 29.
  • Senate passage vote joint resolution defeated on May 26, 2022 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

This joint resolution nullifies the interim final rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security and published on March 29, 2022, concerning procedures for the consideration of asylum claims and other related issues. (Among other changes, the interim final rule requires an asylum seeker subject to expedited removal to be screened by an asylum officer for a credible fear of persecution or torture, rather than a credible fear of persecution, reasonable possibility of persecution, or reasonable possibility of torture.)

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