No Student Visas for Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3237 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3237

     To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a 
    limitation on availability of student visas for institutions in 
                        sanctuary jurisdictions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2025

Ms. Hageman (for herself, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Gosar, and Mr. Nehls) 
 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 to provide for a 
    limitation on availability of student visas for institutions in 
                        sanctuary jurisdictions.

    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 Student Visas for Sanctuary 
Cities Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF F-VISAS AND M-VISAS FOR 
              INSTITUTIONS IN SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS.

    Section 214(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1184(m)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3)(A) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall, for each fiscal 
year, identify sanctuary jurisdictions for purposes of this paragraph.
    ``(B) In the case of an alien who seeks a visa under or to be 
accorded status as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(F) to pursue 
a course of study at an established college, university, conservatory, 
academic high school, elementary school, or other academic institution 
or in an accredited language training program in the United States, if 
such college, university, conservatory, academic high school, 
elementary school, or other academic institution or accredited language 
training program is located in a sanctuary jurisdiction, such visa may 
not be issued nor may such status be accorded.
    ``(C) In the case of an alien who seeks a visa under or to be 
accorded status as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(M) to pursue 
a full course of study at an established vocational or other recognized 
nonacademic institution (other than in a language training program) in 
the United States, if such vocational or other recognized nonacademic 
institution is located in a sanctuary jurisdiction, such visa may not 
be issued nor may such status be accorded.
    ``(D) The prohibition under subparagraphs (B) and (C) do not apply 
for a fiscal year in the case of a State or unit of local government 
identified as a sanctuary jurisdiction if the Secretary of Homeland 
Security thereafter determines that such State or unit of local 
government is no longer a sanctuary jurisdiction and submits a report 
to Congress to that effect.
    ``(E) For purposes of this paragraph, the term `sanctuary 
jurisdiction' means any State or unit of local government that has 
laws, ordinances, regulations, resolutions, policies, or other 
practices that obstruct immigration enforcement and shield criminals 
from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including by--
            ``(i) refusing to or prohibiting agencies from complying 
        with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers;
            ``(ii) imposing unreasonable conditions on U.S. Immigration 
        and Customs Enforcement detainer compliance;
            ``(iii) denying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
        access to interview incarcerated aliens; or
            ``(iv) otherwise impeding communication or information 
        exchanges between the jurisdiction's personnel and Federal 
        immigration officers.''.
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