Preventing Intelligence Gathering from Foreign Adversaries Act

This bill would add a new ground to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) making any alien who is subject to a foreign country’s law requiring them to provide access to, cooperate with, or support that country’s intelligence-gathering activities inadmissible to the United States and deportable if already present. In effect, if a foreign law obligates an individual to assist foreign intelligence operations, that person would be barred from entering the U.S. and could be removed if they are in the country. The provision uses broad language and applies to any foreign country, with no specified exemptions or safe harbors.