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119-hr-1071119th Congress

No Censors on our Shores Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48]

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Summary

Bars entry and allows removal of foreign officials who censor Americans. The No Censors on our Shores Act of 2025 adds new immigration grounds that make a foreign government official inadmissible or deportable if they, while serving as an official, were responsible for or directly carried out any act against a United States citizen located in the United States that would violate the First Amendment if committed by a U.S. official.

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  • Foreign government officials: Officials who, at any time while serving their government, carried out or were responsible for acts against a U.S. citizen in the United States that would violate the First Amendment can be denied entry and can be removed under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
  • U.S. citizens targeted by censorship: The law is designed to bar admission and require removal of foreign officials who suppress or censor American speech aimed at U.S. citizens located in the United States.
  • Immigration system: The measure adds these new grounds to existing inadmissibility and deportability rules and relies on current Immigration and Nationality Act procedures without creating new funding or programs.

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Bar foreign officials who censor Americans

This bill would add new immigration bars for foreign government officials who censor Americans. If enacted, it would make such an alien inadmissible to the United States. If enacted, it would also make such an alien deportable. The rule would apply whenever the official, at any time, was responsible for or directly carried out an act against a U.S. citizen located in the United States that would violate the First Amendment if done by a U.S. official. It would take effect upon enactment and would not create new funding or programs.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48]

CA • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

  • Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

  • Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5]

    WA • R

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

  • Rep. Hunt, Wesley [R-TX-38]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]

    VA • R

    Sponsored 2/26/2025

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