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Child Status Protection Act 2002

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Section 4.

USE OF AGE ON PARENT'S APPLICATION FILING DATE INDETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR ASYLUM.Section 208(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8U.S.C. 1158(b)(3)) is amended to read as follows:`(3) TREATMENT OF SPOUSE AND CHILDREN-

`(A) IN GENERAL- A spouse or child (as defined insection 101(b)(1) (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E)) of analien who is granted asylum under this subsectionmay, if not otherwise eligible for asylum under thissection, be granted the same status as the alien ifaccompanying, or following to join, such alien.

`(B) CONTINUED CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN ALIENS ASCHILDREN- An unmarried alien who seeks to accompany,or follow to join, a parent granted asylum underthis subsection, and who was under 21 years of ageon the date on which such parent applied for asylumunder this section, shall continue to be classifiedas a child for purposes of this paragraph andsection 209(b)(2), if the alien attained 21 years ofage after such application was filed but while itwas pending.'

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