Source: Fox News
Summary
Rep. Tom Tiffany introduced the SAFER Act, which aims to block asylum claims from foreigners who return to their home countries. The bill comes after family members of deceased Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Gen. Qassem Soleimani were found living in Los Angeles, despite having claimed asylum in the US. The bill would prohibit the secretary of Homeland Security and the attorney general from granting asylum to individuals who return to their home country.
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Rep. Tom Tiffany introduces a bill to block asylum claims from foreigners who return to their home countries. The SAFER Act is a response to the case of Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, the niece of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was found living in Los Angeles despite having claimed asylum in the US. The bill would empower the secretary of Homeland Security and the attorney general to terminate asylum status and denaturalize asylees who voluntarily return to their home country. The proposed legislation is seen as a way to ensure the federal asylum system is reserved only for foreigners with legitimate claims of persecution. The timing of the bill’s introduction raises questions about the intersection of politics and immigration policy.
Author: Evan Null
