Search Results: keywords:"visa restriction"

  • S. 5147 — To make members of the Chinese Communist Party and their family members ineligible for F or J visas, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:452

    S. 5147, titled the “Protecting Higher Education from the Chinese Communist Party Act of 2024,” aims to prevent members of the Chinese Communist Party and their family members from obtaining F or J visas in the United States. These visas are typically used for academic and...

    Simple Explanation

    This bill wants to stop people who are part of a big political group in China, called the Chinese Communist Party, and their close family members, from getting special kinds of travel permissions (called visas) to study or exchange cultures in the USA. It also allows special rules to be made if there are important safety reasons.

  • H. R. 9244 — To transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:2,357

    H.R. 9244, titled the "National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act" or the "NO BAN Act," is designed to limit the Executive Branch’s power to restrict or suspend the entry of certain groups of nonimmigrants into the United States. The bill revises existing immigration laws...

    Simple Explanation

    The NO BAN Act is a bill that wants to make sure rules about who can visit the United States are fair and not based on where someone is from or their religion. It says any new rules should really help keep people safe and the government has to tell Congress about them.