Overview
- Rep. Chip Roy introduced H.R. 5722, the Preserving A Sharia‑Free America Act, describing Sharia’s spread as an existential threat to U.S. values.
- The bill instructs the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security and the Attorney General to deny visas, admission, immigration relief, and other benefits to any alien identified as an adherent to Sharia law.
- It would revoke existing immigration benefits or visas for such individuals, deem them inadmissible or deportable, and require their removal from the United States.
- The measure includes a false‑statement provision referencing 18 U.S.C. § 1001, making misrepresentations about adherence grounds for revocation and removal.
- Original sponsors and cosponsors listed include Reps. Randy Fine, Tim Burchett, Keith Self, Barry Moore, Mary Miller, Scott Perry, Sheri Biggs, Lauren Boebert, Josh Brecheen, and Andrew Clyde, as coverage notes likely First Amendment and due‑process challenges.