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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6211 

To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of State, 

as applicable, from approving any application for or issuing a nonimmigrant or immigrant visa to nationals of Palestine. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 2, 2023 

Mr. ZINKE (for himself, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. BEAN of Florida, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. 

DESJARLAIS, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. JACKSON of Texas, Mr. 

POSEY, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. BIGGS, and Ms. GREENE of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of State, as applicable, from approving any application for or issuing a nonimmigrant or immigrant visa 

to nationals of Palestine. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safeguarding Ameri5 cans From Extremism Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘SAFE Act 

6 of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ISSUING CERTAIN VISAS TO NA2 TIONALS OF PALESTINE. 

3 (a) TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS.—The Sec4 retary of Homeland Security may not grant a covered 

5 alien temporary protected status in the United States pur6 suant to section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality 

7 Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a). 

8 (b) IMMIGRANT AND NONIMMIGRANT VISAS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 

10 Security and the Secretary of State may not approve 

11 any application for or issue a nonimmigrant or im12 migrant visa, as applicable, to a covered alien. 

13 (2) REVOCATION.—The Secretary of Homeland 

14 Security shall revoke any nonimmigrant or immi15 grant visa issued to a covered alien on or after Octo16 ber 1, 2023. 

17 (c) ASYLUM.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 

19 Security or the Attorney General may not grant asy20 lum to a covered alien who has applied for asylum 

21 in accordance with section 208 of the Immigration 

22 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158). 

23 (2) REVOCATION.—The Secretary of Homeland 

24 Security shall revoke a covered alien’s status as an 

25 asylee if such status was applied for on or after Oc26 tober 1, 2023. 


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1 (d) REFUGEE STATUS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 

3 Security may not grant admission as a refugee to a 

4 covered alien. 

5 (2) REVOCATION.—The Secretary of Homeland 

6 Security shall revoke a covered alien’s status as a 

7 refugee if such status was applied for on or after 

8 October 1, 2023. 

9 (e) PAROLE.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 

11 Security may not parole into the United States a 

12 covered alien. 

13 (2) REVOCATION.—The Secretary of Homeland 

14 Security shall revoke a covered alien’s parole if such 

15 alien was paroled into the United States on or after 

16 October 1, 2023. 

17 (f) INADMISSIBILITY.—A covered alien shall be inad18 missible to the United States. 

19 (g) REMOVAL.—Beginning on the date of the enact20 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 

21 coordination with the Director of U.S. Immigration and 

22 Customs Enforcement and the Director of U.S. Citizen23 ship and Immigration Services, shall promptly identify 

24 covered aliens who do not have lawful status under the 

25 immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 


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1 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)) 

2 and take such steps as necessary to remove such aliens. 

3 (h) COVERED ALIEN DEFINED.—In this section, the 

4 term ‘‘covered alien’’ means an alien who is a holder of 

5 a passport or other travel document issued by the Pales6 tinian Authority. 

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