No Visas for Anti-Semitic Students Act
H.R. 2866119th Congress

No Visas for Anti-Semitic Students Act

Introduced in the HouseRep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11)17 sections · 2 min read
Version: ih · Apr 20, 2026

Section 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the No Visas for Anti-Semitic Students Act.

(a) In general

The Secretary of State shall revoke or deny a visa under subparagraph (F) or (M) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) to any alien who, on or after the date of enactment of this Act—

(1) engages in prohibited antisemitic conduct; and

(2) is determined by the Secretary of State, pursuant to section 237(a)(4)(C)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)(C)(i)), to pose potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States through such conduct.

(b) Definitions

In this section:

(1) Antisemitism

The term antisemitism means the definition adopted on May 26, 2016, by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, of which the United States is a member, as adopted by the Department of State, including the contemporary examples of antisemitism identified therein.

(2) Prohibited antisemitic conduct

The term prohibited antisemitic conduct means—

(A) engaging in a physical act of violence, vandalism, or harassment targeting a Jewish individual, their property, a community institution, or religious facility, with intent to intimidate or harm based on based on the Jewish identity or affiliation of the individual or property targeted; or

(B) providing material support (including funding, organizing, or inciting) to a person knowing that the person intended to use such support to engage in an act described in subparagraph (A).

Section 3. Terms of nonimmigrant status for students

Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(1) An alien may not be granted or maintain nonimmigrant status under subparagraph (F) or (M) of section 101(a)(15) if the alien engages in prohibited antisemitic conduct and the Secretary of State determines, pursuant to section 237(a)(4)(C)(i), that such conduct would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States.

(2) If the Secretary of State determines that an alien who has been granted nonimmigrant status under subparagraph (F) or (M) of section 101(a)(15) has engaged in prohibited antisemitic conduct, and that, as described in section 237(a)(4)(C)(i), such alien or such alien’s conduct poses potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States, the Secretary shall revoke the alien’s visa.

(3) In this subsection:

(A) The term antisemitism means the definition adopted on May 26, 2016, by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, of which the United States is a member, as adopted by the Department of State, including the contemporary examples of antisemitism identified therein.

(B) The term prohibited antisemitic conduct means—

(i) engaging in a physical act of violence, vandalism, or harassment targeting a Jewish individual, their property, a community institution, or religious facility, with intent to intimidate or harm based on based on the Jewish identity or affiliation of the individual or property targeted; or

(ii) providing material support (including funding, organizing, or inciting) to a person knowing that the person intended to use such support to engage in an act described in clause (i).

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