US Code

Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)

8 U.S.C. § 1377a

Report on aliens determined to have credible or reasonable fear of persecution or torture

(a)

Semimonthly updates

Not later than 30 days after , and updated semimonthly thereafter, the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shall make available, on a publicly accessible website in a downloadable, searchable, and sortable format, a report containing not less than the previous twelve months of semimonthly data on—
(1)
the number of aliens determined to have a credible or reasonable fear of—
(A)
section 1225(b)(1)(B)(v) of this title persecution, as defined in ; or
(B)
torture, as defined in section 208.30 of title 8, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on );
(2)
the total number of cases received by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to adjudicate credible or reasonable fear claims, as described in paragraph (1), and the total number of cases closed.
(b)

Disaggregation of data

Such report shall also disaggregate the data described in subsection (a) with respect to the following subsets—
(1)
claims submitted by aliens detained at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement family residential center;
(2)
claims submitted by aliens organized by each subdivision of legal or administrative authority under which claims are reviewed; and
(3)
the job series of the personnel reviewing the claims.

Pub. L. 116–93, div. D, title IV, § 403133 Stat. 2524 (, , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, and not as part of the Immigration and Nationality Act which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Application of Section

Pub. L. 117–103, div. F, title IV, § 403136 Stat. 334

Public Law 116–938 U.S.C. 1377aPub. L. 117–103“The terms and conditions of section 403 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 (division D of ) [] shall apply to this Act [div. F of , see Tables for classification].”
, , , provided that:

Prior Provisions

Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation act:

Pub. L. 116–260, div. F, title IV, § 403134 Stat. 1467 , , .