Immigration Provisions for Asylum Under Strict Scrutiny After the Boston Incidence

Online, May 30, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Boston Ever since the Boston Marathon bombing has taken place; the key provisions concerned with US immigration have now further come under strict scrutiny. And understandingly so as the two accused in the incidence Tamerlane and Dzhokhar Tsamaev were immigrants who were brought to America by their parents almost 10 years back.

The couple was fleeing from the growing conflicts in their home region-Central Asia. This has further aggravated the importance of setting changes to the asylum system through the to-be-introduced 867 page US immigration bill. The two accused in the Boston bombing were a regular visitor to the asylum which has triggered off this debate. The main motive behind encouraging this type of change is to prevent repetition of such incidences in the future.

New amendment in the immigration bill
A new amendment has been introduced by Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa who is the ranking Republican on the US immigration committee. According to Grassley, the Boston bombing was the main reason why a closer look was thought necessary in the asylum provisions in the coming up immigration bill. The asylum amendment suggested by Grassley does not solely address the Boston incidence specifically. Rather it expects the inspector general to scrutinize the whole incidence that has weakened the law before the existing asylum amendment gets implemented.

Asylum and refugee program
The asylum program is applicable for those who apply for US immigration while in the U.S. On the other hand the refugee program is for the applicants who are applying for immigration from outside America. U.S. has been highly generous in the past in granting protections. Nevertheless, there are many who have misused this generosity by abusing it.
According to Grassley the bill that has been put forth by the 8 member gang of senates has taken a mellow stand on some of the security measures related to existing refugee and asylum law. However, he wants that the process should be executed with more stiffness and seriousness.

Important change in the bill
In 1996, a time restriction of one year was imposed for filing an asylum application for weeding out the growing fraudulent applications. The latest change suggests removal of this one year imposition. There are many human rights advocates who think that such imposition was responsible for delays and denials in case of thousands of people. These people had valid cases but did not file well in advance.
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