H.R. 8240

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8240 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8240

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit return to a 
county of concern with an asylum application.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 9, 2026

Mr. Tiffany introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit return to a 
county of concern with an asylum application.

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 ``Stopping Asylum Fraudsters 
Enforcement and Removal Act of 2026'' or the ``SAFER Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RETURN TO COUNTRY OF CONCERN FOR ASYLUM 
APPLICATIONS.

Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Prohibition on Return to Country of Concern.--
``(1) Prohibition.--The Secretary of Homeland Security or 
the Attorney General may not grant asylum to an alien who has 
returned to a country of concern.
``(2) Effect on status.--An alien who has been granted 
asylum and returns to a country of concern shall be subject to 
termination of a grant of asylum, denaturalization, and is 
subject to any applicable grounds of inadmissibility or 
deportability under section 212(a) and 237(a).
``(3) Exception.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) may be waived by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General, as 
applicable, on a case-by-case basis if--
``(A) the President certifies that the individual 
is permitted to travel for national security purposes; 
or
``(B) the Secretary of State certifies that the 
country of concern has undergone a legitimate transfer 
of power.
``(4) Country of concern defined.--In this section, the 
term `country of concern' means the alien's country of 
nationality or, in the case of a person having no nationality, 
the country of the alien's last habitual residence for which 
the alien applied for asylum pursuant to this section.''.
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