{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://beyer.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=6298", "To Prevent Future Presidents from Enacting Muslim Bans, Rep. Chu & Sen. Coons Lead Colleagues to Reintroduce NO BAN Act", "2024-08-07", "2024", "2024-08", "Democrat", "House", "VA", "Donald S. Beyer, Jr.", "B001292", "beyer.house.gov", "beyer", "https://beyer.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) and Sen. Chris Coons (DE) led a bicameral partnership of their Democratic colleagues to introduce H.R. 9244, the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) Act\u2014legislation that will prevent future Muslim bans. The NO BAN Act will strengthen the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, and restore checks and balances by limiting overly broad executive authority to issue future travel bans.\n\nAs a candidate for president in 2016, Donald Trump promised to ban all Muslims from the United States. Upon taking office, he sought to fulfill that campaign promise and enacted bans that were repeatedly struck down by federal courts, until the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, ultimately upheld a version. As a result of the bans, married couples could not live together, parents could not live with their children, and families could not gather to celebrate or grieve. While the Biden-Harris Administration reversed these bans on its first day, future presidents could once again ban travel to the United States on the basis of religion.\n\n\u201cA hateful stain on our nation, Trump\u2019s Muslim ban was inspired by bigotry and Islamophobia and did lasting damage to the families it separated,\u201d said Rep. Chu. \u201cI was so grateful when the Biden-Harris administration took action on its first day to rescind all versions of this ban, but we can\u2019t risk letting prejudice against Muslims, or any other religious minority, become policy once again. I am joining Senator Coons and my Democratic colleagues to once again introduce the NO BAN Act to update our laws, make certain future presidents cannot ban people solely because of their religion, and require evidence of national security threats to exist before broad-based travel bans are implemented. I urge our Republican colleagues to respect religious liberty and join us in sending this legislation to President Biden\u2019s desk for his signature.\u201d\n\n\u201cFormer President Trump\u2019s Muslim ban was cruel and counterproductive,\u201d said Sen. Coons. \u201cIt tore apart families; led to the detention of people at airports for hours with limited access to food, water, or legal representation; and violated the very fabric of who we are as a country. We must ensure that this senseless policy is never repeated and that no elected official acts on fear and prejudice to discriminate based on religion or nationality. That is why I\u2019m reintroducing the NO BAN Act to prevent future discriminatory travel bans and make sure our nation lives up to its highest ideals.\u201d\n\nThe bill would:\n\nProvide that the Immigration and Nationality Act nondiscrimination provisions apply to religion, as well as to the issuance of non-immigrant visas and benefits;\n\nRequire that any travel restriction imposed under Immigration and Nationality Act be based on specific and credible facts, and in a way narrowly tailored to address a compelling government interest; and\n\nEstablish procedural requirements including notice to Congress within 48 hours and periodic reporting.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://beyer.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=6298"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9418008849024773, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}