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No Censors on our Shores Act of 2025
H. R. 1071 To provide that any foreign government official who engages in censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable.
Summary
This bill makes foreign government officials inadmissible to and deportable from the United States if they have engaged in censorship of American speech. Specifically, it amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make any foreign government official who was responsible for or directly carried out acts against U.S. citizens located in the United States that would violate the First Amendment if committed by a U.S. government official subject to exclusion and deportation. The bill applies to actions taken at any time while the person was serving as a government official. Foreign government officials found to meet these criteria would be barred from entry to the United States and existing violators could be removed through deportation proceedings.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA)
5 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Darrell Issa’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $45,911
- ARMSCOR PRECISION INTL $18,200
- GOOGLE $11,400
- FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP $7,050
- 1A AUTO $6,850
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Actions (6)
- Apr 9, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 523. · house
- Apr 9, 2026 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-603. · house
- Feb 26, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. · house
- Feb 26, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Feb 6, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Feb 6, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 6, 2025
Mr. Issa (for himself, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Gill of Texas, and Mr. Baumgartner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
April 9, 2026
Additional sponsors: Mr. Hunt and Mr. Cline
April 9, 2026
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 6, 2025]
A BILL
To provide that any foreign government official who engages in censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “No Censors on our Shores Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO CENSORING SPEECH.
(a) Inadmissibility.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(J) Censorship.—Any alien who, while serving as a government official of any foreign government, was responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, the commission of any act against a United States citizen located in the United States that, if committed by a government official of the United States in the United States, would violate the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, is inadmissible.”.
(b) Deportability.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(G) Censorship.—Any alien who, while serving as a government official of any foreign government, was responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, the commission of any act against a United States citizen located in the United States that, if committed by a government official of the United States in the United States, would violate the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, is deportable.”. Union Calendar No. 523
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1071
[Report No. 119-603]
A BILL
To provide that any foreign government official who engages in censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable.
April 9, 2026
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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