Sec. 8. Efficient asylum determination process
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Section 235(b)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B) ) is amended— in clause (ii), by striking shall be detained for further consideration of the application for asylum. and inserting may, in the Secretary’s discretion, be detained for further consideration of the application for asylum by an asylum officer designated by the Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. The asylum officer, after conducting a nonadversarial asylum interview, may grant asylum to the alien under section 208 or refer the case to a designee of the Attorney General, for a de novo asylum determination, for relief under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, done at New York December 10, 1984, or for withholding of removal under section 241(b)(3). ; and in clause (iii)(IV)— by amending the subclause heading to read as follows: ; and by striking shall and inserting may, in the Secretary’s discretion, .
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