,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajgj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #ab1    
#bjba,mr4 ,cotton introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,immigration and ,nationality ,act to   
modify provisions relating to asylum    
eligibility4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,end the       
,border ,crisis ,now ,act4  #b4 ,asylum 
eligibility for certain aliens lawfully 
admitted to the ,united ,states ,section
 #bjh7;a7 of the ,immigration and       
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4         
#aaeh7;a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in         
paragraph 7#a71 by striking is          
physically present and all that follows 
through ,united ,states waters7 and     
inserting has been lawfully admitted to 
the ,united ,states2 and  7#b7 in       
paragraph 7#b71 by amending subparagraph
 7,a7 to read as follows3  7,a7 ,safe   
third country ,paragraph 7#a7 shall not 

apply to an alien if the ,attorney      
,general or the ,secretary of ,homeland 
,security determines that-- 7i7 the     
alien may be removed1 pursuant to a     
bilateral or multilateral agreement1 to 
a country 7other than the country of the
 alien's nationality or1 in the case of 
an alien having no nationality1 the     
country of the alien's last habitual    
residence7 in which the alien's life or 
freedom would not be threatened on      
account of race1 religion1 nationality1 
membership in a particular social group1
 or political opinion1 and where the    
alien would have access to a full and   
fair procedure for determining a claim  
to asylum or equivalent temporary       
protection1 unless the ,attorney        
,general or the ,secretary of ,homeland 
,security finds that it is in the public
 interest for the alien to receive      
asylum in the ,united ,states2 or  7ii7 
during the #ahj days immediately        
preceding the admission of the alien to 
the ,united ,states1 the alien was      

physically present in a country         
described in clause 7i71 unless the     
alien demonstrates1 by clear and        
convincing evidence1 that-- 7,i7 the    
alien applied for asylum or equivalent  
temporary protection in such country and
 was denied asylum or equivalent        
temporary protection2 or  7,,ii7 the    
conditions in the country of the alien's
 nationality have significantly changed 
for the worse since the alien was       
physically present in a country         
described in clause 7i74  4