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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 1177 (Introduced in House) — To provide an earned path to citizenship, to address the root causes of migration and responsibly manage the southern... · Sec. 2204

Sec. 2204. Identification, screening, and processing of refugees and other individuals eligible for lawful admission to the United States

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The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary, shall establish designated processing centers for the registration, screening, and processing of refugees and other eligible individuals, and the resettlement or relocation of these individuals to the United States or other countries. Not fewer than 1 designated processing centers shall be established in a safe and secure location identified by the United States and the host government in— El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; and any other Central American country that the Secretary of State considers appropriate to accept and process requests and applications under this subtitle.
The Secretary shall ensure that sufficient numbers of refugee officers and other personnel are assigned to each designated processing center to fulfill the requirements under this subtitle. The Secretary and the Attorney General shall hire and assign sufficient personnel to ensure, absent exceptional circumstances, that all security and law enforcement background checks required under this subtitle and family verification checks carried out by the Refugee Access Verification Unit are completed within 180 days.
Absent extraordinary circumstances, each designated processing center shall commence operations as expeditiously as possible. The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary, shall monitor the activities of each designated processing center and establish metrics and criteria for evaluating the productivity and quality control of each designated processing center.
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