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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 15 (Introduced in House) — To provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. · Sec. 3409

Sec. 3409. Law enforcement and national security checks

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Section 207(c)(1) ( 8 U.S.C. 1157(c)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: No alien shall be admitted as a refugee until the identity of the applicant, including biographic and biometric data, has been checked against all appropriate records or databases maintained by the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and other Federal records or databases that the Secretary of Homeland Security considers necessary, to determine any national security, law enforcement, or other grounds on which the alien may be inadmissible to the United States or ineligible to apply for or be granted refugee status. .
Section 208(d)(5)(A)(i) ( 8 U.S.C. 1158(d)(5)(A)(i) ) is amended to read as follows: asylum shall not be granted until the identity of the applicant, using biographic and biometric data, has been checked against all appropriate records or databases maintained by the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and other Federal records or databases that the Secretary of Homeland Security considers necessary, to determine any national security, law enforcement, or other grounds on which the alien may be inadmissible to the United States or ineligible to apply for or be granted asylum; .
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