No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act

Full Title:
No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act of 2025

Summary#

This bill would change parts of the Immigration and Nationality Act. It adds "Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or Hamas" to a listed set of groups and inserts "member" after "representative." It creates a new rule that any alien who "carried out, participated in, planned, financed, afforded material support to, or otherwise facilitated" any of the attacks against Israel initiated by Hamas beginning on October 7, 2023, is inadmissible. It also makes such aliens ineligible for any immigration relief under U.S. immigration law. The bill amends removal grounds to reflect the new inadmissibility ground and requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to give Congress an annual report, starting within one year of enactment, on the number of aliens found inadmissible under the new provision and the number found removable under the amended removal ground.

What it means for you#

  • If you are an alien who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or otherwise facilitated the specified attacks by Hamas beginning October 7, 2023, this bill would bar you from being admitted to the United States and would make you ineligible for relief under the immigration laws.
  • The Department of Homeland Security must report each year to Congress how many people were found inadmissible under the new provision and how many were found removable under the related removal ground.
  • If you are not covered by the specific conduct described in the bill, the text provides no direct change to your status.

Expenses#

No publicly available information.

Proponents' View#

The bill would prevent people who took part in the Hamas attacks beginning October 7, 2023, from receiving U.S. immigration benefits and would require public reporting to Congress about enforcement of the new rule.

Opponents' View#

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