Congress: 119 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Israel
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Sponsor: Malliotakis, Nicole (R-New York)
No Visas for Anti-Semitic Students Act This bill revokes or denies a student visa for a non-U.S. national ( alien under federal law) who engages in prohibited anti-Semitic conduct and whom the Department of State has determined poses potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States through such conduct. The conduct covered by the bill is (1) physical violence, vandalism, or harassment targeting a Jewish individual, their property, a community institution, or religious facility with intent to intimidate or harm based on the Jewish identity or affiliation of the targeted individual or property; or (2) knowingly providing material support for such activity.
This bill allows the State Department to revoke or deny student visas to foreign nationals who commit physical violence, vandalism, or harassment targeting Jewish individuals, their property, or Jewish institutions with intent to intimidate or harm based on Jewish identity—or who knowingly support such activity. The visa action applies only if the State Department determines the conduct poses serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the U.S.
The bill directly restricts student visa access based on alleged antisemitic conduct. It matters because it sets a precedent for visa revocation tied to speech/conduct involving a specific identity group, and because the threshold—conduct 'posing serious adverse foreign policy consequences'—is undefined and could expand enforcement scope beyond the stated categories of violence and material support.