Rep. Roy Introduces IMAM Act

Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced the Inhibiting Militant Adversarial Mullahs (IMAN) Act , legislation which that bar anti-American foreign clerics who preach Sharia Law and political Islam from being admitted into the United States.

"The United States should never roll out the red carpet for foreign clerics who preach anti-American hatred, celebrate terrorism, or serve as mouthpieces for radical regimes. For years, adversarial religious figures have manipulated loopholes in our immigration laws to enter this country under so-called religious visas while spreading extremism. The Inhibiting Militant Adversarial Mullahs (IMAM) Act sends a clear message: America will not import militant ideology disguised as ministry. If you promote the values of enemies of the West, you should not get a visa to come to the United States - period," said Rep. Roy.

The IMAN Act would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny nonimmigrant religious worker visas to Imams, Shaykhas, Muftis, Ayatollahs, and others who possess Islamic leadership positions from entering the United States, as many of whom spread Islamist teachings that run counter to our Constitution and Western Civilization.

Read the exclusive story from The Daily Signal here.

Read the full bill text here.