No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 176 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 176

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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2025

Mr. McClintock (for himself, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Ms. Tenney,
   Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Houchin, Mr. Hunt, and Mr. Crank)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

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,

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 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.--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 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).''.
    (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) Report Required on Participants in Hamas Terrorism Against
Israel.--Beginning not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall submit a report to Congress, including the
number of aliens who were--
            (1) found to be inadmissible under section 212(a)(3)(H) of
        the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(H));
        and
            (2) described in section 212(a)(3)(H) of the Immigration
        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(H)) and found to be
        removable pursuant to section 237(a)(4)(B) of the Immigration
        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)(B)).
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