Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act
This bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to treat advocacy for the imposition of Sharia law as a ground for excluding noncitizens from entering the United States and for deporting those who are already in the country. It directs the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Attorney General to deny visas or other immigration benefits to aliens who advocate for Sharia law in ways that would violate the rights of others under the U.S. Constitution or federal/state law, and to revoke immigration status or remove those in the U.S. who are found to have done so. It also creates a new provision for false statements about such advocacy to trigger revocation or deportation. The bill adds two new INA provisions codifying these grounds and provides that determinations under the removal clause are final and not subject to judicial review. The stated short title is the “Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act.”
Key Points
- 1New ground for inadmissibility: Any alien who advocates for the imposition of Sharia law in a manner that would violate others’ rights would be inadmissible to the United States.
- 2New ground for deportability: Any alien within the United States who advocates for Sharia law in a way that violates others’ rights could be deportable and subject to removal.
- 3False statements trigger consequences: If an alien provides a false statement about advocacy of Sharia law to U.S. officials, their immigration benefits can be revoked, they can be deemed inadmissible or deportable, and they can be removed.
- 4Finality of determinations; no judicial review: Decisions under the removal provisions would be final and not reviewable by courts.
- 5Conforming amendments to the INA: Establishes two new statutory provisions—one listing “advocacy of Sharia law” as an inadmissibility ground (INA 212(a)(10)(F)) and another listing it as a deportability ground (INA 237(a)(3)).