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Text of the REAL ID Act of 2005 |
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There were 6 versions of H.R. 1268 in the 109th Congress.
The version that was enacted into public law in 2005 was described H.R. 1268 as "Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)"
Nothing is mentioned about REAL ID. You just need to keep scrolling down to Division B. The staffer in my Congressman's office cued me into that; she mailed me a printout of the entire bill with a hand-written note: "REAL ID begins on page 72."
My Congressman voted against REAL ID. Did yours?
H.R. 1268
DIVISION B--REAL ID ACT OF 2005
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This division may be cited as the `REAL ID Act of 2005'.
TITLE I--AMENDMENTS TO FEDERAL LAWS TO PROTECT AGAINST TERRORIST ENTRY
SEC. 101. PREVENTING TERRORISTS FROM OBTAINING RELIEF FROM REMOVAL.
(a) Conditions for Granting Asylum- Section 208(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(1)) is amended--
(1) by striking `The Attorney General' the first place such term appears and inserting the following:
`(A) ELIGIBILITY- The Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General';
(2) by striking `the Attorney General' the second and third places such term appears and inserting `the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General'; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
`(B) BURDEN OF PROOF-
`(i) IN GENERAL- The burden of proof is on the applicant to establish that the applicant is a refugee, within the meaning of section 101(a)(42)(A). To establish that the applicant is a refugee within the meaning of such section, the applicant must establish that race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion was or will be a central reason for persecuting the applicant.
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