HR 176
No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act of 2025
Summary
No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act This bill imposes immigration-related penalties on certain non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law) who are involved with terrorism or attacks against Israel. Under this bill, members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad or Hamas or individuals who participated in or otherwise facilitated the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel may not be admitted into the United States. The bill also expands an existing admissions bar against officers, representatives, and spokespersons of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). Under this bill, all PLO members are barred from admission into the United States. The bill also prohibits any non-U.S. national who participated in or otherwise facilitated the October 7, 2023, attacks from seeking any immigration-related relief or protections, including (1) protection from being deported to a country where the individual's life or freedom would be threatened, or (2) asylum in the United States. The Department of Homeland Security must annually report to Congress the number of individuals found to be inadmissible or deportable due to their participation in or facilitation of the attacks.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA-5]
- Cosponsors
- 19
- Policy area
- Immigration
- Introduced
- 2025-01-03
- Latest action
- 2025-12-02: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-12-02: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2025-12-01: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-12-01: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4926)
- 2025-12-01: 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)
- 2025-12-01: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 176.