No Asylum for CCP Spies Act
This bill denies asylum to individuals who were members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or other totalitarian parties under U.S. immigration law. It amends asylum rules to bar such applicants unless they publicly renounce their party membership during the application process and prove their affiliation was involuntary (e.g., due to age, law, or basic survival needs). Exceptions allow asylum if the applicant provides significant national security information, after renouncing membership and being deemed non-threatening by immigration and intelligence officials. The policy directly affects asylum seekers with ties to the CCP or similar parties, altering their eligibility under existing immigration statutes.
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Introduced Sep 21, 2023
Last action Sep 21, 2023
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Sep 21, 2023
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Sep 21, 2023
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1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
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