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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 629 (Introduced in House) — To provide protections against violence against immigrant women, and for other purposes. · Sec. 210

Sec. 210. General provisions

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Section 245(l)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1255(l)(7) ) is amended to insert the Secretary of State, an immigration judge, and the Board of Immigration Appeals after The Secretary of Homeland Security . Section 204(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: For the purposes of this section and in all cases described in section 101(a)(51), under section 106, under section 240A(b)(2), or under section 244(a)(3) (as in effect on March 31, 1997), the determination of the existence of extreme cruelty is a question of law applied to facts and not a discretionary determination. .
Section 242(e)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1252(e)(4) ) is amended in subparagraph (A)— by striking or ; by inserting or after under section 208, ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: is a VAWA self-petitioner, an applicant for relief under section 101(a)(15)(T) or (U), an applicant for relief under section 240A(b)(2), or an applicant for relief under section 244(a)(3) (as in effect on March 31, 1997), . Section 101(a)(51) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(51) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
Applications for relief, adjustment of status, employment authorization, parole, deferred action, or naturalization, and all administrative determinations relating to such applications under paragraphs (15)(T), (15)(U), (27)(J), and
(51)of this section, or under section 106 shall be adjudicated at the VAWA Unit of Vermont Service Center. .
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