INS Issues Final Rule on IIRIRA Changes to Asylum Procedures
December 6, 2000
The Immigration and Naturalization Service has issued its
Final Rule implementing the provisions of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), governing asylum claims.
Additionally, this
rule amends portions of the regulations governing cases in which an applicant
has established past persecution or in which an applicant may be able to avoid
persecution in a particular country by relocating to another area of that
country.
Finally, the rule
identifies factors that may be considered in the exercise of discretion in
asylum cases in which the alien has established past persecution but may not
have a well-founded fear of future persecution.
To view the entire Rule, published at 65 FR 235, click here.
