No Censors on our Shores Act

Bill: 118-hr-9605
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2024-09-16
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

First Amendment rights

Immigration status and procedures

Subversive activities
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-19
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 9.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9605 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 16, 2024 Mr. Issa (for himself and Ms. Salazar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide that any foreign government official who engages in censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Censors on our Shores Act . 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. .