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.
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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Asylum for Criminals Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. ALIENS CONVICTED OF CRIMES INELIGIBLE FOR ASYLUM.

    Clause (ii) of section 208(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1158) is amended--
            (1) by amending clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) to read as 
        follows:
                            ``(ii) except as provided in subparagraph 
                        (B), the alien has been finally convicted of a 
                        crime;''; and
            (2) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
                    ``(B) Exception.--The Secretary of Homeland 
                Security may designate by regulation political offenses 
                committed outside the United States that will be not 
                considered to be a crime described in clause (ii). The 
                authority under this subparagraph is limited to 
                political offenses committed outside the United 
                States.''.
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No Asylum for Criminals Act of 2021
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.
No Asylum for Criminals Act of 2021
Rep. Good, Bob