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Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 73 - INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (§§ 6401 - 6481)
Subchapter IV - REFUGEE, ASYLUM, AND CONSULAR MATTERS (§§ 6471 - 6474)
Section 6471 - Use of Annual Report
REFUGEE, ASYLUM, AND CONSULAR MATTERS - 22 U.S.C. § 6471 (2012)
§6471. Use of Annual Report
The Annual Report, together with other relevant documentation, shall serve as a resource for immigration judges and consular, refugee, and asylum officers in cases involving claims of persecution on the grounds of religion. Absence of reference by the Annual Report to conditions described by the alien shall not constitute the sole grounds for a denial of the alien's claim.
(Pub. L. 105–292, title VI, §601, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2812.)
Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and Transfer of FunctionsFor abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.
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