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No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny immigration benefits to aliens who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or otherwise facilitated the October 2023 attacks against Israel.
Summary
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny immigration benefits to aliens who participated in or facilitated the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks against Israel. The bill makes any alien who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, or otherwise supported these attacks inadmissible to the United States and ineligible for any form of immigration relief, including asylum. The bill also makes such aliens removable from the U.S. if they are present in the country. The bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit an annual report to Congress on the number of aliens found inadmissible or removable under these provisions.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV)
Actions (2)
- Feb 27, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Feb 27, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 27, 2025
Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Ms. Rosen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny immigration benefits to aliens who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or otherwise facilitated the October 2023 attacks against Israel.
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 Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act”.
SEC. 2. ALIENS WHO CARRIED OUT, PARTICIPATED IN, PLANNED, FINANCED, SUPPORTED, OR OTHERWISE FACILITATED ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL.
(a) Participants in Hamas Terrorism Against Israel.—Section 212(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B)(i), in the undesignated matter following subclause (IX)—
(A) by inserting “senior member,” after “representative,”; and
(B) by inserting “or an officer, official representative, member, or spokesman of Palestinian Islamic Jihad or Hamas” after “Palestine Liberation Organization”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(H) Participants in hamas terrorism against israel.—Any alien who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, afforded material support to, or otherwise facilitated any of the attacks against Israel initiated by Hamas beginning on October 7, 2023, is inadmissible.”.
(b) Ineligibility for Relief.—Section 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(D) Ineligibility for relief.—Any alien who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, afforded material support to, or otherwise facilitated any of the attacks against Israel initiated by Hamas beginning on October 7, 2023, shall be ineligible for any relief under the immigration laws, including relief under this section, section 208 of this Act, section 2242 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 (subdivision B of division G of Public Law 105-277; 8 U.S.C. 1231 note), and any regulations issued pursuant to such section 2242.”.
(c) Conforming Amendment.—Section 237(a)(4)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)(B)) is amended by striking “subparagraph (B) or (F)” and inserting “subparagraph (B), (F), or
(H)”.
(d) Annual Report on Participants in Hamas Terrorism Against Israel Seeking Admission to the United States.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to Congress that identifies the number of aliens who—
(1) have been found to be inadmissible under section 212(a)(3)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by subsection (a)(2); and
(2) are described in such section 212(a)(3)(H) and have been found to be removable pursuant to section 237(a)(4)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by subsection
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