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No Safe Haven for Terrorist Families Act

USA119th CongressS-4526| Senate 
| Updated: 5/14/2026
Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton

Republican Senator

Arkansas

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill creates a new category for inadmissibility and deportability for certain close relatives of designated foreign threat actors. It aims to protect national security by denying immigration benefits to individuals whose family ties to enemies of the United States pose unacceptable risks, addressing perceived limitations in existing inadmissibility provisions. The legislation defines "covered family members" broadly to include spouses, parents, children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews of "covered foreign threat actors." These threat actors encompass individuals designated as global terrorists, senior leaders of foreign terrorist organizations, senior officials of state sponsors of terrorism or foreign adversaries like China and Russia, and those sanctioned for significant corruption or human rights abuses linked to hostile foreign governments. Upon determination of inadmissibility under this new ground, the bill mandates the revocation of any visas within 30 days and subjects aliens within the United States to prioritized removal proceedings . Crucially, these individuals are explicitly made ineligible for most forms of discretionary relief from removal, such as cancellation of removal or adjustment of status. The Act applies retroactively, affecting aliens regardless of when their family relationship was formed or when the threat actor was designated, and covers all pending and future immigration applications, as well as those previously admitted or granted lawful status. It also requires the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to implement enhanced screening procedures and submit annual reports to Congress detailing its implementation and outcomes.
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Timeline
May 14, 2026
Introduced in Senate
May 14, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • May 14, 2026
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 14, 2026
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Immigration

No Safe Haven for Terrorist Families Act

USA119th CongressS-4526| Senate 
| Updated: 5/14/2026
This bill creates a new category for inadmissibility and deportability for certain close relatives of designated foreign threat actors. It aims to protect national security by denying immigration benefits to individuals whose family ties to enemies of the United States pose unacceptable risks, addressing perceived limitations in existing inadmissibility provisions. The legislation defines "covered family members" broadly to include spouses, parents, children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews of "covered foreign threat actors." These threat actors encompass individuals designated as global terrorists, senior leaders of foreign terrorist organizations, senior officials of state sponsors of terrorism or foreign adversaries like China and Russia, and those sanctioned for significant corruption or human rights abuses linked to hostile foreign governments. Upon determination of inadmissibility under this new ground, the bill mandates the revocation of any visas within 30 days and subjects aliens within the United States to prioritized removal proceedings . Crucially, these individuals are explicitly made ineligible for most forms of discretionary relief from removal, such as cancellation of removal or adjustment of status. The Act applies retroactively, affecting aliens regardless of when their family relationship was formed or when the threat actor was designated, and covers all pending and future immigration applications, as well as those previously admitted or granted lawful status. It also requires the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to implement enhanced screening procedures and submit annual reports to Congress detailing its implementation and outcomes.
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Timeline
May 14, 2026
Introduced in Senate
May 14, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • May 14, 2026
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 14, 2026
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton

Republican Senator

Arkansas

Judiciary Committee

Immigration

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted