# 119-s-762: No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act

119-s-762, No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN); status introduced (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-762
- Congress: 119
- Title: No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## Summary

**Creates a new, explicit inadmissibility ground that bars people involved in the October 7, 2023 Hamas-initiated attacks against Israel from receiving U.S. immigration benefits.** It also narrows and expands who counts as an organizational representative and requires annual Department of Homeland Security reporting on enforcement outcomes. - People who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, afforded material support to, or otherwise facilitated the Oct 7, 2023 attacks are made inadmissible and are ineligible for immigration relief, including asylum under section 208 and other listed protections. - The bill changes terrorist-related language by inserting the term "senior member" and by explicitly including officers, official representatives, members, or spokesmen of Palestinian Islamic Jihad or Hamas. - The Department of Homeland Security must report to Congress within one year and annually after that on the number of aliens found inadmissible under the new 212(a)(3)(H) ground and those found removable under the amended 237(a)(4)(B) provision.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New bans on Hamas-linked immigrants: cost, low. If enacted, this bill would bar noncitizens tied to the Hamas attacks that began on October 7, 2023 from entering or getting immigration benefits. It would make inadmissible anyone who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, provided material support to, or otherwise facilitated those atta…

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## Sources
- [119-s-762 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/762)

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- [119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-554)
- [119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3597)
- [119-s-2287: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2287)
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-762 (as of 2026-08-11).