No Censors on our Shores Act

No Censors on our Shores Act

This bill makes certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who were involved in conduct that would have been in violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution if it had occurred in the United States (1) inadmissible for entry into the United States, and (2) deportable.

Specifically, the bill applies to an individual who, while serving as a foreign government official, carried out or was responsible for activity against a U.S. citizen located in the United States that would have violated the First Amendment if committed by a U.S. government official in the United States.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1071 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1071

    To provide that any foreign government official who engages in 
     censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2025

    Mr. Issa (for himself, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Gill of Texas, and Mr. 
 Baumgartner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide that any foreign government official who engages in 
     censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable.

    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 Censors on our Shores Act''.

SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO CENSORING SPEECH.

    (a) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
                    ``(J) Censorship.--Any alien who, while serving as 
                a foreign government official, was responsible for or 
                directly carried out, at any time, any act against a 
                United States citizen located in the United States 
                that, if committed by a United States government 
                official in the United States, would violate the First 
                Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, is 
                inadmissible.''.
    (b) Deportability.--Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
                    ``(G) Censorship.--Any alien who, while serving as 
                a foreign government official, was responsible for or 
                directly carried out, at any time, any act against a 
                United States citizen located in the United States 
                that, if committed by a United States government 
                official in the United States, would violate the First 
                Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, is 
                deportable.''.
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