No Asylum for Criminals Act of 2021
Latest action · Mar 5, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 21, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Asylum for Criminals Act of 2021
This bill bars an individual who has been convicted of a crime from receiving asylum, with limited exceptions. Specifically, the Department of Homeland Security may designate political offenses committed outside of the United States that shall not be considered a crime for this purpose.
Currently, an individual shall be barred from receiving asylum for only certain types of criminal convictions, such as if the individual is convicted for (1) an aggravated felony, or (2) a particularly serious crime and as a result deemed a danger to the United States.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 21, 2021 to Jan 11, 2022; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-TX | Jodey C. Arrington | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-AL | Mo Brooks | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-SC | Tom Rice | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Jan 25, 2021 | |
| R-CO | Lauren Boebert | Jan 25, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Jan 25, 2021 | |
| R-NM | Yvette Herrell | Jan 28, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Apr 1, 2021 | |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Apr 1, 2021 | |
| R-MT | Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. | Apr 1, 2021 | |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Apr 5, 2021 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Jan 10, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | Jan 11, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 21, 2021 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Mar 5, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Jan 21, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 21, 2021Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 12, January 21, 2021, page H224.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45151 | Immigration Consequences of Criminal Activity | Report | May 28, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 921 | No Asylum for Criminals Act of 2023 | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 9, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an alien who has been convicted of a crime is ineligible for asylum, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- No Asylum for Criminals Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 21, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
