Marco Rubio, Rick Scott Champion Bill to Ensure Terrorist Supporters Can’t Enter or Stay in U.S.

This week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced the “Terrorist Inadmissibility Codification Act” with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., as a co-sponsor.

“This bill would expand current U.S. law to prohibit members, officers, officials, representatives, and spokesmen of Hamas, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Palestine Islamic Jihad from entering, or remaining in, the U.S. The bill would also apply to aliens who endorse or espouse terrorist activities conducted by any of these U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO),” Rubio’s office noted.

“Following the October 7th terrorist attacks in Israel, pro-Hamas demonstrations swept across the U.S., including by foreign nationals. Under federal law, individuals who endorse or espouse terrorist activity are inadmissible. Current law explicitly states that members of certain groups, including the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), are not permitted in the U.S. However, the PLO is not the only group that should be banned in our nation,” the senator’s office added.

Rubio and Scott offered their reasons for backing the bill.