2021 US Code
Title 8 - Aliens and Nationality
Chapter 12 - Immigration and Nationality
Subchapter II - Immigration
Part IX - Miscellaneous
Sec. 1377a - Report on aliens determined to have credible or reasonable fear of persecution or torture

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Citation 8 U.S.C. § 1377a (2021)
Section Name §1377a. Report on aliens determined to have credible or reasonable fear of persecution or torture
Section Text (a) Semimonthly updates

Not later than 30 days after December 20, 2019, and updated semimonthly thereafter, the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shall make available, on a publicly accessible website in a downloadable, searchable, and sortable format, a report containing not less than the previous twelve months of semimonthly data on—

(1) the number of aliens determined to have a credible or reasonable fear of—

(A) persecution, as defined in section 1225(b)(1)(B)(v) of this title; or

(B) torture, as defined in section 208.30 of title 8, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 2018);


(2) the total number of cases received by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to adjudicate credible or reasonable fear claims, as described in paragraph (1), and the total number of cases closed.

(b) Disaggregation of data

Such report shall also disaggregate the data described in subsection (a) with respect to the following subsets—

(1) claims submitted by aliens detained at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement family residential center;

(2) claims submitted by aliens organized by each subdivision of legal or administrative authority under which claims are reviewed; and

(3) the job series of the personnel reviewing the claims.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 116–93, div. D, title IV, §403, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2524.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES CODIFICATION

Section was enacted as part of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, and not as part of the Immigration and Nationality Act which comprises this chapter.


STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES APPLICATION OF SECTION

Pub. L. 116–260, div. F, title IV, §403, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1467, provided that: "The terms and conditions of section 403 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 (division D of Public Law 116–93) [8 U.S.C. 1377a] shall apply to this Act [div. F of Pub. L. 116–260, see Tables for classification]."

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
CHAPTER 12 - IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
SUBCHAPTER II - IMMIGRATION
Part IX - Miscellaneous
Sec. 1377a - Report on aliens determined to have credible or reasonable fear of persecution or torture
Contains section 1377a
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 133 Stat. 2524
134 Stat. 1467
Public Law References Public Law 116-93, Public Law 116-260
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