Detention of applicants for admission, 2024 compilation

… <p class="statutory-body-3em">An asylum officer shall conduct interviews of aliens referred under subparagraph (A)(ii), either at a port of entry or at such other place designated by the Attorney General.</p> <h4 class="clause-head">(ii) Referral of certain aliens</h4> <p class="statutory-body-3em">If the officer determines at the time of the interview that an alien has a credible fear of persecution (within the meaning of clause (v)), the alien shall be detained for further consideration of the application for asylum.</p> <h4 class="clause-head">(iii) Removal without further review if no credible fear of persecution</h4> <h4 class="subclause-head">(I) In general</h4> <p class="statutory-body-4em">Subject to subclause (III), if the officer determines that an alien does not have a credible fear of persecution, the officer shall order the alien removed from the United States without further hearing or review.</p> …