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The bill strengthens tools to block or remove immigrants tied to violence or foreign terrorist actors and to enforce immigration rules, but it does so using broad and lowered standards that risk chilling lawful religious and political expression, producing wrongful denials or discrimination, and increasing administrative and litigation costs.
Immigrants who support or use violence, terrorism, or foreign terrorist actors will be barred from asylum, adjustment, or other immigration benefits, reducing security risks to the public and law enforcement.
DHS, DOJ, and immigration adjudicators receive clearer statutory grounds and tools to deny or rescind benefits in security-related cases, enabling more consistent and faster enforcement of immigration laws.
Immigrants whose status was obtained improperly can have lawful permanent resident (LPR) status reversed for up to 10 years, allowing removal of individuals who obtained status through prohibited support or fraud.
Immigrants who peacefully express religious beliefs or participate in demonstrations could be denied immigration benefits or have status rescinded under vague 'would violate' or 'adherence' standards, chilling free speech and religious exercise.
The bill creates a presumptive administrative bar using a lowered 'reasonable grounds to believe' standard and relies on broad, vague criteria (e.g., 'support,' 'adherence') that increase the risk of wrongful denials, removals, and discriminatory application—especially against Muslim and other minority communities.
New bars tied to associational or expressive acts and expanded rescission authority are likely to increase administrative burden, prolonged adjudications, litigation, and removal proceedings, raising costs for DHS, DOJ, immigrants, and taxpayers.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Adds categorical bars to refugee/asylum/adjustment and extends rescission window to 10 years for those who advocate or support Sharia-linked or proscribed Islamist aims or express support for certain foreign actors.
Official title: Disqualify aliens from establishing good moral character, maintaining eligibility for asylum, and retaining lawful permanent resident status if they engage in activities in opposition to the United States Constitution, our form of government, or support Sharia law.
Introduced May 14, 2026 by John Cornyn · Last progress May 14, 2026
Creates new categorical bars to asylum, refugee status, naturalization/adjustment, and “good moral character” findings for noncitizens who adhere to, advocate for, or use force to impose Sharia law or who publicly express support for foreign actors designated as terrorists or who oppose the U.S. Constitution or government. It also lengthens the period during which the government can rescind lawful permanent resident status from 5 to 10 years and adds expressive conduct (demonstrations, protests, etc.) showing support for certain foreign actors or opposition to U.S. government principles as independent grounds for rescission. The bill rewrites parts of refugee and asylum definitions to add categorical exclusions tied to specified Islamist or Sharia-related conduct, creates administrative presumptions based on “reasonable grounds to believe,” and gives DHS/Justice broader authority to deny, rescind, or refuse adjustment of status on those bases. The changes apply at multiple stages: refugee designation, asylum adjudication, good moral character determinations, and post-admission rescission of LPR status.