This legislation proposes to make foreign government officials inadmissible to the United States and deportable if they engage in censorship of speech by U.S. citizens. It specifically targets any alien who, while serving as a foreign government official, was responsible for or directly carried out acts against a United States citizen located in the United States that, if committed by a United States government official, would violate the First Amendment to the Constitution. The bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish these new grounds for inadmissibility and deportability. By adding "Censorship" to existing immigration law, the measure aims to prevent foreign officials involved in suppressing speech that would be protected under U.S. constitutional principles from entering or remaining in the country.
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No Censors on our Shores Act
USA119th CongressHR-1071| House
| Updated: 2/26/2025
This legislation proposes to make foreign government officials inadmissible to the United States and deportable if they engage in censorship of speech by U.S. citizens. It specifically targets any alien who, while serving as a foreign government official, was responsible for or directly carried out acts against a United States citizen located in the United States that, if committed by a United States government official, would violate the First Amendment to the Constitution. The bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish these new grounds for inadmissibility and deportability. By adding "Censorship" to existing immigration law, the measure aims to prevent foreign officials involved in suppressing speech that would be protected under U.S. constitutional principles from entering or remaining in the country.