Foreign students holding F or M visas (the two main categories for full-time academic and vocational study) could have those visas revoked or denied if they commit physical violence, vandalism, or harassment targeting Jewish individuals, their property, or religious institutions. The bill also covers students who fund, organize, or incite others to commit those acts, knowing the support would be used for that purpose. The Secretary of State must make both findings — that the conduct occurred and that it poses potentially serious foreign policy consequences for the United States — before revoking or denying a visa. Students who lose their visa under this law would be required to leave the country.
Civil Liberties
- Student visa threshold — Organizing or inciting antisemitic harassment included as material-support trigger for F/M visa revocation
Congressional Summary
No Visas for Anti-Semitic Students ActThis bill revokes or denies a student visa for a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) who engages in prohibited anti-Semitic conduct and whom the Department of State has determined poses potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States through such conduct. The conduct covered by the bill is (1) physical violence, vandalism, or harassment with intent to intimidate or harm; or (2) material support for such activity.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-04-10
- Date Added
- 2026-06-27
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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