{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-introduces-bill-to-revoke-visas-of-terrorists-family-members", "Cotton Introduces Bill to Revoke Visas of Terrorists\u2019 Family Members", "2026-05-15", "2026", "2026-05", "Republican", "Senate", "AR", "Tom Cotton", "C001095", "www.cotton.senate.gov", "cotton", "https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\nContact: Hannah McCarthy (202) 465-5601\n\nMay 15, 2026\n\nCotton Introduces Bill to Revoke Visas of Terrorists\u2019 Family Members\n\nWashington, DC \u2014 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) yesterday introduced legislation to close a national-security loophole that allows close family members of designated terrorists to legally live in the United States.\n\nThe No Safe Haven for Terrorist Families Act would revoke existing visas from terrorists\u2019 close family members and prohibit them from obtaining any future visas. This follows the recent report that Iranian Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani\u2019s niece and grandniece, known for spreading anti-American, pro-terror propaganda, were allowed to legally live in the United States on visas for years.\n\n\u201cRelatives of terrorists have no business being in our country. My bill would revoke visas from family members of terrorists to keep Arkansans safer,\u201d said Senator Cotton.\n\nText of the bill can be found here.\n\nThe No Safe Haven for Terrorist Families Act would:\n\nCreate a new, permanent ground of inadmissibility that prevents spouses, parents, children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews of America\u2019s most dangerous adversaries from receiving any U.S. visa or immigrating here.\n\nRequire the Secretary of State to revoke any existing visa held by a covered family member within 30 days of determining they are inadmissible.", 1, "2026-05-16T06:05:00Z", "2026-05-16T06:06:37Z"]], "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://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-introduces-bill-to-revoke-visas-of-terrorists-family-members"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6723320111632347, "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"}