SAFER Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Tiffany
Introduced
Summary
Bars asylum for people who return to a “country of concern.” This bill would add a rule to the Immigration and Nationality Act that generally denies asylum to anyone who returns to their country of nationality or, if stateless, their last habitual residence, while allowing narrow waivers for limited national security or legitimate transfers of power.
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- People who applied for or received asylum and then return to that country would be ineligible for asylum and could have an existing asylum grant terminated.
- Individuals who naturalized after receiving asylum could face denaturalization if they return to a country of concern.
- The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General would enforce the prohibition and could grant two narrow, case-by-case waivers: a presidential certification for national-security travel or a State Department certification that a legitimate transfer of power occurred.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Bar asylum for immigrants who return
If enacted, the bill would bar asylum for any noncitizen who returned to a "country of concern." The Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General would be prohibited from granting asylum to such a person. If someone already had asylum and then returned to a country of concern, their asylum grant could be ended, their naturalization could be undone, and they would be subject to grounds for inadmissibility or deportation. The bill would allow case-by-case waivers only if the President certified travel was for national security or the Secretary of State certified a legitimate transfer of power in the country. "Country of concern" would mean the person's country of nationality or, for someone with no nationality, the last habitual residence for which they applied for asylum.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Tiffany
WI • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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