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Title 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY > CHAPTER 12—IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY > SUBCHAPTER II—IMMIGRATION > Part I—Selection System

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Any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States (whether or not at a designated port of arrival and including an alien who is brought to the United States after having been interdicted in international or United States waters), irrespective of such alien’s status, may apply for asylum in accordance with this section or, where applicable, section 1225(b) of this title .

( June 27, 1952, ch. 477 , title II, ch. 1, § 208, as added Pub. L. 96–212, title II, § 201(b) , Mar. 17, 1980 , 94 Stat. 105 ; amended Pub. L. 101–649, title V, § 515(a)(1) , Nov. 29, 1990 , 104 Stat. 5053 ; Pub. L. 103–322, title XIII, § 130005(b) , Sept. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 2028 ; Pub. L. 104–132, title IV, § 421(a) , Apr. 24, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1270 ; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title VI, § 604(a) , Sept. 30, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3009–690 ; Pub. L. 107–56, title IV, § 411(b)(2) , Oct. 26, 2001 , 115 Stat. 348 ; Pub. L. 107–208, § 4 , Aug. 6, 2002 , 116 Stat. 928 ; Pub. L. 109–13, div. B, title I, § 101(a) , (b), May 11, 2005 , 119 Stat. 302 , 303; Pub. L. 110–229, title VII, § 702(j)(4) , May 8, 2008 , 122 Stat. 866 ; Pub. L. 110–457, title II, § 235(d)(7) , Dec. 23, 2008 , 122 Stat. 5080 ; Pub. L. 119–21, title X, § 100018 , July 4, 2025 , 139 Stat. 385 .)

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