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Code · U.S. Code · Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY · CHAPTER 12— IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY · Part I— Selection System · § 1247

§ 1247. MOTION TO REOPEN DENIAL OR TERMINATION OF ASYLUM.

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“An alien who applied for asylum or withholding of removal and whose claim was denied on or after March 1, 2003 , by an asylum officer or an immigration judge solely, or in part, on the basis of changed country conditions may, notwithstanding any other provision of law, file a motion to reopen such claim in accordance with subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of section 240(c)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1229a(c)(7) ) not later than six months after the date of the enactment of the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act [of 2007] [ Jan. 28, 2008 ] if the alien— is a citizen or national of Iraq; and has remained in the United States since the date of such denial.
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