116 STAT. 1738 PUBLIC LAW 107-258—OCT. 29, 2002 Public Law 107-258 107th Congress An Act Oct. 29, 2002 To amend the Bring Them Home Alive Act of2000 to provide an asylum program [S 1339] with regard to American Persian Gtilf War POW/MIAs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Persian Gulf War the United States of America in Congress assembled, POW/MIA Accountability SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. R nqp?{!?i nnf. This Act may be cited as the "Persian Gulf War POW/MIA SUSC llolnote. Accountability Act of 2002". SEC. 2. AMERICAN PERSIAN GULF WAR POW/MIA ASYLUM PROGRAM. (a) ASYLUM PROGRAM.— The Bring Them Home Alive Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-484; 114 Stat. 2195; 8 U.S.C. 1157 note) is amended by inserting after section 3 the following new section: "SEC. 3A. AABERICAN PERSIAN GULF WAR POW/MIA ASYLUM PROGRAM. "(a) ASYLUM FOR ELIGIBLE ALIENS. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney General shall grant refugee status in the United States to any alien described in subsection (b), upon the application of that alien. "(b) ELIGIBILITY. — "(1) IN GENERAL. —Except as provided in paragraph (2), an alien described in this subsection is— "(A) any alien who— "(i) is a national of Iraq or a nation of the Greater Middle East Region (as determined by the Attorney General in consultation with the Secretary of State); and "(ii) personally delivers into the custody of the United States Government a living American Persian Gulf War POW/MIA; and "(B) any parent, spouse, or child of an alien described in subparagraph (A). "(2) EXCEPTIONS.— An alien described in this subsection does not include a terrorist, a persecutor, a person who has been convicted of a serious criminal offense, or a person who presents a danger to the security of the United States, as set forth in clauses (i) through (v) of section 208(b)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(A)).
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