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[CITE: 22USC6471]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
               CHAPTER 73--INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
 
          SUBCHAPTER IV--REFUGEE, ASYLUM, AND CONSULAR MATTERS
 
Sec. 6471. Use of Annual Report

    The Annual Report, together with other relevant documentation, shall 
serve as a resource for immigration judges and consular, refugee, and 
asylum officers in cases involving claims of persecution on the grounds 
of religion. Absence of reference by the Annual Report to conditions 
described by the alien shall not constitute the sole grounds for a 
denial of the alien's claim.

(Pub. L. 105-292, title VI, Sec. 601, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2812.)
