Visas Would Be Revoked for Family of 'Terrorists' Under New Plan
Summary
Senator Tom Cotton has introduced a bill called the "No Safe Haven for Terrorist Families Act." This bill would stop family members of people the U.S. labels as terrorists from getting visas or entering the United States, and it would also cancel any visas they currently have.Key Facts
- The bill targets close family members like spouses, parents, children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews of designated terrorists.
- It applies to relatives of people labeled as Specially Designated Global Terrorists, senior terrorist officials, officials of state sponsors of terrorism, and individuals sanctioned for corruption or human rights abuses.
- Visas held by these family members would be revoked within 30 days of the determination.
- The law would apply retroactively, no matter when the family connection was made.
- The bill aims to make such relatives both inadmissible (not allowed to enter) and deportable (subject to removal).
- This proposal expands existing U.S. immigration laws, which already block terrorists themselves from entering the country.
- Critics have raised concerns about punishing people based on family ties rather than their own actions.
- The bill has been introduced but has not advanced in the Senate yet.
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