1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Equal Justice for Immigrants Act of 2019 . 2. Vulnerable population defined In this Act, the term vulnerable population means, with respect to an alien, that the alien— (1) is an asylum seeker or victim of torture or trafficking; (2) has special religious, cultural, or spiritual considerations; (3) is pregnant or nursing; (4) is younger than 21 years of age or older than 60 years of age; (5) identifies as gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans­gen­der, or intersex; (6) is a victim or witness of a crime; (7) has a mental disorder or physical disability; (8) is incapable of filling out forms in English; or (9) has been determined by an immigration judge or the Secretary of Homeland Security to be experiencing severe trauma or to be a survivor of torture or gender-based violence, based on information obtained during intake, from the individual’s attorney or legal services provider, or through credible self-reporting. I Amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act 101. Migrant Protection Protocols (a) Treatment of aliens arriving from contiguous territory Section 235(b)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(2)(C) ) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: with the affirmative consent of the alien . (b) Interview applicants In the case of an alien who is a member of a vulnerable population and applying for admission as a refugee under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that the number of interviews required of such an alien is not overly burdensome. (c) Asylum officer defined Section 235(b)(1)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(E) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by striking and at the end; (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: , and