No Visas for Anti-Semitic Students Act (HR2866)
Current understanding
HR2866 would authorize revocation or denial of student visas for non-U.S. nationals who engage in anti-Semitic physical violence, vandalism, harassment, or material support for such conduct, tied to a State Department determination of serious adverse foreign policy consequences. The bill builds on existing INA visa revocation authority on foreign-policy grounds rather than creating a new mechanism. Practical effect would fall on international students, with contested questions around definitional scope (what conduct qualifies as ‘anti-Semitic harassment’ versus protected speech) and due-process safeguards in visa adjudication.
Evidence log
- 2025-12-18 — Antisemitism Response and Prevention Act of 2025: cross-connection with antisemitism-response-prevention-act: Part of a cluster of 119th-Congress bills addressing antisemitism through federal levers (counterterrorism referral here; visa eligibility in HR2866). (novelty: 2)
- 2025-04-10 — No Visas for Anti-Semitic Students Act: cross-connection with no-antisemitism-in-education-act: Two 119th-Congress proposals targeting campus anti-Semitism through different levers: HR2866 uses immigration/visa authority against non-citizen students, while HR8476 works through education-sector civil rights enforcement covering all students. (novelty: 2)