No Censors on our Shores Act

Bill: 119-hr-1071
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2025-02-06
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

First Amendment rights

Immigration status and procedures

Subversive activities
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-26
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-02-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>No Censors on our Shores Act</strong></p><p>This bill makes certain&nbsp;non-U.S. nationals (<em>aliens</em> 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.</p><p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1071 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 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. .