§ 6473. — Reform of asylum policy.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC6473]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 73--INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
SUBCHAPTER IV--REFUGEE, ASYLUM, AND CONSULAR MATTERS
Sec. 6473. Reform of asylum policy
(a) Guidelines
The Attorney General and the Secretary of State shall develop
guidelines to ensure that persons with potential biases against
individuals on the grounds of religion, race, nationality, membership in
a particular social group, or political opinion, including interpreters
and personnel of airlines owned by governments known to be involved in
practices which would meet the definition of persecution under
international refugee law, shall not in any manner be used to interpret
conversations between aliens and inspection or asylum officers.
(b) Training for asylum and immigration officers
The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
the Ambassador at Large, and other relevant officials such as the
Director of the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training
Center, shall provide training to all officers adjudicating asylum
cases, and to immigration officers performing duties under section
1225(b) of title 8, on the nature of religious persecution abroad,
including country-specific conditions, instruction on the
internationally recognized right to freedom of religion, instruction on
methods of religious persecution practiced in foreign countries, and
applicable distinctions within a country in the treatment of various
religious practices and believers.
(c) Training for immigration judges
The Executive Office of Immigration Review of the Department of
Justice shall incorporate into its initial and ongoing training of
immigration judges training on the extent and nature of religious
persecution internationally, including country-specific conditions, and
including use of the Annual Report. Such training shall include
governmental and nongovernmental methods of persecution employed, and
differences in the treatment of religious groups by such persecuting
entities.
(Pub. L. 105-292, title VI, Sec. 603, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2813;
Pub. L. 107-132, Sec. 1(b), Jan. 16, 2002, 115 Stat. 2412.)
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107-132 substituted ``George P. Shultz
National Foreign Affairs Training Center'' for ``National Foreign
Affairs Training Center''.
Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and Transfer of
Functions
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer of
functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out under
section 1551 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 6412 of this title.
