Asylum Accountability Act
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permanently bar aliens who are ordered removed after failing to appear at a removal proceeding, absent exceptio… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permanently bar aliens who are ordered removed after failing to appear at a removal proceeding, absent exceptional circumstances, from becoming permanent residents of the United States.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Asylum Accountability Act
This bill permanently bars a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) from receiving certain immigration-related relief if that individual is ordered removed from the United States after failing to appear at a removal proceeding, unless that failure to appear is due to exceptional circumstances. (Currently, this bar from relief is for 10 years.)
Under this bill, such an individual shall be permanently barred from receiving discretionary relief under specified immigration provisions, such as (1) cancellation of removal and adjustment to lawful permanent resident status, (2) being allowed to voluntarily depart from the United States, or (3) being allowed to change from one nonimmigrant classification to another.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 698: Asylum Accountability Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-698/
"H.R. 698: Asylum Accountability Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-698/.
H.R. 698, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-698/.
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