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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 3524 (Introduced in House) — To support the people of Central America and strengthen United States national security by addressing the root causes... · Sec. 204

Sec. 204. Definitions

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In this title— the term internally displaced persons means persons or groups of persons who have been forced to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular due to armed conflict, generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized state border; the term international protection means asylum status, refugee status, protection under the Convention Against Torture, and other regional protection status available in the Western Hemisphere; and the term best interest determination means a formal process with procedural safeguards designed to give primary consideration to the child’s best interests in decisionmaking.
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