Halt Immigration from Countries with Inadequate Verification Capabilities Act

This bill would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to bar the admission into the United States of people who are nationals of, or lived within the past 5 years in, certain designated countries. The listed countries include Somalia, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen, plus other countries the Secretary of State designates as places where identities and backgrounds cannot be reliably verified. Exceptions apply to lawful permanent residents, people already granted refugee status or asylum, members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their immediate families, diplomats, and people admitted case by case in the national interest, and waivers are allowed for humanitarian reasons. The State Department would publish and review the country list each year, and anyone who tries to enter in violation of the bill would face removal and a 10-year bar on reentry.

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Sponsors

• Andrew Ogles Republican sponsor
• 4 cosponsors