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HR 698 · in committee · significant

Asylum Accountability Act

What this bill does

  • Permanently bars immigrants from receiving asylum or removal relief if they skip deportation hearings.
  • Affects non-citizens ordered removed who fail to appear at immigration proceedings without exceptional circumstances.
  • Changes current 10-year bar to a permanent lifetime bar on discretionary immigration relief.

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  1. 01

    How would a permanent lifetime bar on asylum affect immigrants who miss hearings due to language barriers, mental health crises, or administrative confusion rather than intentional flight?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports that permanent bars will reduce missed hearings compared to the current 10-year bar, and could shorter penalties achieve similar compliance goals?

  3. 03

    Which immigrant populations—such as trafficking victims or those with legitimate emergencies—might face unintended consequences from removing judges' ability to grant discretionary relief?

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Sponsor · R-NC-7

David Rouzer

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Introduced 2025-01-23

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-23 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  2. 2025-01-23 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-01-23 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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