No Visas for Anti-Semitic Students Act (HR2866)
Current understanding
HR2866 would authorize the State Department to revoke or deny student (and related nonimmigrant) visas for non-U.S. nationals who engage in anti-Semitic physical violence, vandalism, harassment, or material support for such conduct, where the Secretary of State determines the conduct produces serious adverse foreign policy consequences. It extends existing INA visa revocation authority on foreign policy grounds to a defined category of conduct rather than creating a new mechanism. Practical effect: affected international students could lose visa status and face removal based on Secretary-level determinations tied to specified conduct. Status: introduced legislation, not enacted.
Evidence log
- 2017-03-07 — VISA Act of 2017: cross-connection with visa-act-2017: Both link visa eligibility to applicants’ expressive conduct; the VISA Act operationalizes it via pre-adjudication social media review, while HR2866 uses post-issuance revocation. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-04-10 — No Visas for Anti-Semitic Students Act: cross-connection with sevis-terrorist-endorsement-reporting-act: Both bills target student visa consequences based on speech- or conduct-linked determinations affecting F-1/J holders. (novelty: 2)