Sec. 20. Protection of refugee families
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A child of an alien who qualifies for admission as a spouse or child under section 207(c)(2)(A) or 208(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1157(c)(2)(A) and 1158(b)(3)) shall be entitled to the same admission status as such alien if the child— is accompanying or following to join such alien; and is otherwise admissible under such section 207(c)(2)(A) or 208(b)(3). A child younger than 18 years of age who has been separated from the birth or adoptive parents of such child and is living under the care of an alien who has been approved for admission to the United States as a refugee shall be admitted as a refugee if— it is in the best interest of such child to be placed with such alien in the United States; and such child is otherwise admissible under section 207(c)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1157(c)(3) ).
Section 207(c)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1157(c)(2)(A) ) is amended by striking A spouse or child (as defined in section 101(b)(1) (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E)) and inserting, Regardless of when such refugee was admitted to the United States, a spouse or child (other than a child described in section 101(b)(1)(F)) . Section 208(b)(3)(A) of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(3)(A) ) is amended to read as follows: A spouse or child (other than a child described in section 101(b)(1)(F)) of an alien who was granted asylum under this subsection at any time may, if not otherwise eligible for asylum under this section, be granted the same status as the alien if accompanying or following to join such alien. .
Title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.) is amended— in section 207(c)(2), as amended by subsection (c), by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall ensure that the application of an alien who is following to join a refugee who qualifies for admission under paragraph
(1)is adjudicated not later than 90 days after the submission of such application. ; and in section 208(b)(3), as amended by section 15(a)(2), by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall ensure that the application of each alien described in subparagraph
(A)who applies to follow an alien granted asylum under this subsection is adjudicated not later than 90 days after the submission of such application. .
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