No Visas for Anti-Semitic Students Act
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1Short title
This section would give the Act the short title 'No Visas for Anti-Semitic Students Act.'
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Visas for Anti-Semitic Students Act .
2Visa revocation or denial for students engaging in antisemitic activities
This section would require the Secretary of State to revoke or deny a visa under subparagraph (F) or (M) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the categories covering academic and vocational students) to any alien who, on or after the date this Act becomes law, both (1) engages in prohibited antisemitic conduct and (2) is determined by the Secretary of State, under section 237(a)(4)(C)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to pose potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States through that conduct. Both conditions would have to be met before the visa could be revoked or denied. The section would define antisemitism as the definition adopted on May 26, 2016 by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, of which the United States is a member, as adopted by the Department of State, including the contemporary examples of antisemitism identified in that definition. It would define prohibited antisemitic conduct as either: (A) engaging in a physical act of violence, vandalism, or harassment targeting a Jewish individual, that person's property, a community institution, or a religious facility, done with intent to intimidate or harm based on the Jewish identity or affiliation of the individual or property targeted; or (B) providing material support, including funding, organizing, or inciting, to a person the alien knows intended to use that support to engage in an act described in (A).
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2. Visa revocation or denial for students engaging in antisemitic activities (a) In general The Secretary of State shall revoke or deny a visa under subparagraph (F) or (M) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15) ) to any alien who, on or after the date of enactment of this Act— (1) engages in prohibited antisemitic conduct; and (2) is determined by the Secretary of State, pursuant to section 237(a)(4)(C)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)(C)(i) ), to pose potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States through such conduct. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Antisemitism The term antisemitism means the definition adopted on May 26, 2016, by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, of which the United States is a member, as adopted by the Department of State, including the contemporary examples of antisemitism identified therein. (2) Prohibited antisemitic conduct The term prohibited antisemitic conduct means— (A) engaging in a physical act of violence, vandalism, or harassment targeting a Jewish individual, their property, a community institution, or religious facility, with intent to intimidate or harm based on based on the Jewish identity or affiliation of the individual or property targeted; or (B) providing material support (including funding, organizing, or inciting) to a person knowing that the person intended to use such support to engage in an act described in subparagraph (A).
3Terms of nonimmigrant status for students
This section would add a new subsection to section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Under the new subsection, an alien could not be granted or maintain nonimmigrant status under subparagraph (F) or (M) of section 101(a)(15) if the alien engages in prohibited antisemitic conduct and the Secretary of State determines, under section 237(a)(4)(C)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, that the conduct would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States. It would also require the Secretary of State to revoke the visa of an alien who already holds F or M nonimmigrant status if the Secretary determines that the alien has engaged in prohibited antisemitic conduct and that the alien or the alien's conduct poses potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States under that same provision. The new subsection would use the same definitions of antisemitism and prohibited antisemitic conduct set out in section 2 of this Act: antisemitism means the definition adopted on May 26, 2016 by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, as adopted by the Department of State, including its contemporary examples; and prohibited antisemitic conduct means engaging in a physical act of violence, vandalism, or harassment targeting a Jewish individual, their property, a community institution, or a religious facility, with intent to intimidate or harm based on the Jewish identity or affiliation of the individual or property targeted, or providing material support, including funding, organizing, or inciting, to a person known to intend to use that support to engage in such an act.
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3. Terms of nonimmigrant status for students Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1184 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) (1) An alien may not be granted or maintain nonimmigrant status under subparagraph (F) or (M) of section 101(a)(15) if the alien engages in prohibited antisemitic conduct and the Secretary of State determines, pursuant to section 237(a)(4)(C)(i), that such conduct would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States. (2) If the Secretary of State determines that an alien who has been granted nonimmigrant status under subparagraph (F) or (M) of section 101(a)(15) has engaged in prohibited antisemitic conduct, and that, as described in section 237(a)(4)(C)(i), such alien or such alien’s conduct poses potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States, the Secretary shall revoke the alien’s visa. (3) In this subsection: (A) The term antisemitism means the definition adopted on May 26, 2016, by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, of which the United States is a member, as adopted by the Department of State, including the contemporary examples of antisemitism identified therein. (B) The term prohibited antisemitic conduct means— (i) engaging in a physical act of violence, vandalism, or harassment targeting a Jewish individual, their property, a community institution, or religious facility, with intent to intimidate or harm based on based on the Jewish identity or affiliation of the individual or property targeted; or (ii) providing material support (including funding, organizing, or inciting) to a person knowing that the person intended to use such support to engage in an act described in clause (i). .
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