TITLE III:INTERIOR ENFORCEMENT

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§ 3404 : ASYLUM DETERMINATION EFFICIENCY


Section 235(b)(1)(B)(ii)(8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking asylum. and inserting asylum by an asylum officer. The asylum officer, after conducting a nonadversarial asylum interview and seeking supervisory review, may grant asylum to the alien under section 208or refer the case to a designee of the Attorney General, for a de novo asylum determination, for relief under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, done at New York December 10, 1984, or for protection under section 241(b)(3)..