118th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or otherwise facilitated the attacks against Israel.
December 7, 2023
Mr. McClintock introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or otherwise facilitated the attacks against Israel.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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 matter following subclause (IX)—
(A) by inserting “Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or Hamas” after “Palestine Liberation Organization”; and
(B) by inserting “member, ” after “representative,”; 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.—An 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 relief under the immigration laws, including under this section, section 208, and section 2242 of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (and any regulations issued pursuant to such section).”.