The bill would change the Immigration and Nationality Act to bar admission and naturalization, and to allow removal or loss of citizenship, for people tied to certain listed doctrines or organizations. It adds definitions for socialism, communism, Chinese communism, Marxism, and Islamic fundamentalism, and lists many organizations and examples under those definitions. The bill lowers the age exemption for advocacy from 16 to 14, removes some previous exceptions, and makes many determinations final and not subject to court review. It also removes a five-year time limit and a phrase about "countervailing evidence" for revoking naturalization. The Attorney General must issue regulations to carry out the changes, and the bill includes a severability clause.
If enacted, the bill would make an alien inadmissible, deportable, or ineligible for naturalization for membership, affiliation, advocacy, or related writing or distribution tied to the named doctrines or organizations. Visa or admission decisions, and many removal or naturalization decisions under the bill, are written to be final and not reviewable by courts. The bill provides an exception for advocacy committed only when under 14 years of age. The bill also broadens definitions and lists specific organizations that would be covered.
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The bill text states its purpose is "to limit alien eligibility for admission and naturalization and enable deportation and denaturalization for any membership, affiliation, or advocacy of socialist, communist, Chinese communist, Marxist, or Islamic fundamentalist doctrines." The sponsors introduced the bill and referred it to the House Judiciary Committee.
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