119-HR1071

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House Senate President

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1071

1. Short title
2. Inadmissibility and deportability related to censoring speech

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.