Sec. 2001. Definitions
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In this title: The term best interest determination means a formal process with procedural safeguards designed to give primary consideration to the child’s best interests in decision making. The term internally displaced persons means persons or groups of persons who— have been forced to leave their homes or places of habitual residence because of armed conflict, generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters; and have not crossed an internationally recognized border of a nation state.
The term international protection means— asylum status; refugee status; protection under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, done at New York December 10, 1984; and any other regional protection status available in the Western Hemisphere. The term large-scale, nonintrusive inspection system means a technology, including x-ray, gamma-ray, and passive imaging systems, capable of producing an image of the contents of a commercial or passenger vehicle or freight rail car in 1 pass of such vehicle or car.
The term pre-primary means deploying scanning technology before primary inspection booths at land border ports of entry in order to provide images of commercial or passenger vehicles or freight rail cars before they are presented for inspection. The term scanning means utilizing nonintrusive imaging equipment, radiation detection equipment, or both, to capture data, including images of a commercial or passenger vehicle or freight rail car.