The "No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act of 2025" amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prevent individuals involved in the October 7, 2023, attacks against Israel from receiving immigration benefits or entering the United States. This legislation establishes a new ground for inadmissibility, specifically targeting any alien who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or otherwise facilitated these attacks. It also explicitly adds "Palestinian Islamic Jihad" and "Hamas" to existing provisions concerning terrorist organizations, broadening the scope of individuals subject to immigration restrictions. Crucially, any alien falling under this new inadmissibility ground will be ineligible for any form of relief under U.S. immigration laws, including asylum or withholding of removal. This provision is designed to ensure that individuals connected to these attacks cannot circumvent deportation or gain legal status within the United States. Furthermore, the Act mandates that the Secretary of Homeland Security submit annual reports to Congress, detailing the number of aliens found inadmissible or removable due to their involvement in the specified Hamas-initiated attacks against Israel, thereby providing ongoing oversight of the bill's implementation.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-27.
Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4926–4928)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 176.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4926)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4926)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act of 2025
USA119th CongressHR-176| House
| Updated: 12/2/2025
The "No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act of 2025" amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prevent individuals involved in the October 7, 2023, attacks against Israel from receiving immigration benefits or entering the United States. This legislation establishes a new ground for inadmissibility, specifically targeting any alien who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or otherwise facilitated these attacks. It also explicitly adds "Palestinian Islamic Jihad" and "Hamas" to existing provisions concerning terrorist organizations, broadening the scope of individuals subject to immigration restrictions. Crucially, any alien falling under this new inadmissibility ground will be ineligible for any form of relief under U.S. immigration laws, including asylum or withholding of removal. This provision is designed to ensure that individuals connected to these attacks cannot circumvent deportation or gain legal status within the United States. Furthermore, the Act mandates that the Secretary of Homeland Security submit annual reports to Congress, detailing the number of aliens found inadmissible or removable due to their involvement in the specified Hamas-initiated attacks against Israel, thereby providing ongoing oversight of the bill's implementation.