Asylum and Detention Overhaul: Ending Flores Settlement and Establishing Offshore Centers.
This Act significantly tightens asylum rules, requiring most applicants to file only at designated ports of entry or new processing centers outside the United States. A major change allows the government to detain families with minors indefinitely until removal proceedings are complete, overriding previous judicial limits on detention time (like the Flores settlement). Furthermore, the bill raises the standard for asylum qualification and severely restricts the use of humanitarian parole.
Key points
Family Detention: Authorities may detain families with children without time limits until deportation proceedings are finalized, overriding existing court decrees and settlements (e.g., Flores settlement).
Asylum Restriction: Asylum applications must be filed at designated ports of entry, and the 'credible fear' standard is raised, making initial qualification more difficult.
Offshore Centers: Refugee application centers will be established in Mexico and Central America; nationals of those countries must apply there.
Parole Limitation: The authority to grant humanitarian parole is severely restricted to urgent, individual cases, such as life-threatening medical emergencies.
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