Sec. 130010. ASYLUM

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## SEC. 130010 ASYLUM ###

(a)Findings The Senate finds that— ####

(1)in the last decade applications for asylum have greatly exceeded the original 5,000 annual limit provided in the Refugee Act of 1980, with more than 150,000 asylum applications filed in fiscal year 1993, and the backlog of cases growing to 340,000; ####

(2)this flood of asylum claims has swamped the system, creating delays in the processing of applications of up to several years; ####

(3)the delay in processing asylum claims due to the overwhelming numbers has contributed to numerous problems, including— #####

(A)an abuse of the asylum laws by fraudulent applicants whose primary interest is obtaining work authority in the United States while their claim languishes in the backlogged asylum processing system; #####

(B)the growth of alien smuggling operations, often involving organized crime; #####

(C)a drain on limited resources resulting from the high cost of processing frivolous asylum claims through our multilayered system; and #####

(D)an erosion of public support for asylum, which is a treaty obligation. ####

(4)asylum, a safe haven protection for aliens abroad who cannot return home, has been perverted by some aliens who use asylum claims to circumvent our immigration and refugee laws and procedures; and ####

(5)a comprehensive revision of our asylum law and procedures is required to address these problems. ###

(b)Policy It is the sense of the Senate that— ####

(1)asylum is a process intended to protect aliens in the United States who cannot safely return home; ####

(2)persons outside their country of nationality who have a well-founded fear of persecution if they return should apply for refugee status at one of our refugee processing offices abroad; and ####

(3)the immigration, refugee and asylum laws of the United States should be reformed to provide— #####

(A)a procedure for the expeditious exclusion of any asylum applicant who arrives at a port-of-entry with fraudulent documents, or no documents, and makes a noncredible claim of asylum; and #####

(B)the immigration, refugee and asylum laws of the United States should be reformed to provide for a streamlined affirmative asylum processing system for asylum applicants who make their application after they have entered the United States. # TITLE XIV YOUTH VIOLENCE