“To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit return to a county of concern with an asylum application.”
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This section prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General from granting asylum to an alien who has returned to a country of concern (i.e., the alien's country of nationality or, if stateless, country of last habitual residence from which asylum was sought). It further provides that an alien granted asylum who returns to such a country is subject to termination of asylum status, denaturalization, and applicable grounds of inadmissibility or deportability under INA §§212(a) or 237(a). These prohibitions may be waived on a case-by-case basis if (1) the President certifies the individual is permitted to travel for national security purposes or (2) the Secretary of State certifies a legitimate transfer of power in the country of concern. (As background, asylum under INA §208 protects aliens who demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution in their country of nationality or last habitual residence on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.)