LIMITATION ON USE OF PAROLE

SEC. 602. LIMITATION ON USE OF PAROLE (a) Parole Authority.— Section 212(d)(5)(A) (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is amended by striking “for emergent reasons or for reasons deemed strictly in the public interest” and inserting “only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit”. (b) Report to Congress.— Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate describing the number and categories of aliens paroled into the United States under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Each such report shall provide the total number of aliens paroled into and residing in the United States and shall contain information 110 STAT. 3009–690and data for each country of origin concerning the number and categories of aliens paroled, the duration of parole, the current status of aliens paroled, and the number and categories of aliens returned to the custody from which they were paroled during the preceding fiscal year.