Sec. 3. Khashoggi ban ground of inadmissibility
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Section 212(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: An alien who is determined by the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security in consultation with the Secretary of State, to be engaged in counter-dissident activities is inadmissible. Any alien who is an immediate family member of an alien who is inadmissible under clause
(i)may be inadmissible, as determined by the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State. If an alien is determined to be inadmissible under clause
(i)or (ii), the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall notify Congress, and may also make a public statement, identifying the alien and the reasons for the determination. For the purposes of clause (iii), the records of the Department of State and of diplomatic and consular offices of the United States pertaining to the issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United States shall not be considered confidential. The Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may waive the requirements of this subparagraph, or any part thereof, if such Secretary determines that such a waiver— is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement Regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947 (TIAS 1676), or any other applicable international obligation of the United States; or is in the national interest of the United States. Such waiver shall be made in writing to Congress and shall include a brief description of the how such waiver relates to a reason described in subclause
(I)or (II). In this subparagraph, the term counter-dissident activities means actions taken by a foreign government or an individual who operates subject to the direction or control of a foreign government or official, to silence, suppress, harass, surveil, threaten, or harm journalists, activists, or other persons perceived to be dissidents by the foreign government, which may include extrajudicial executions, physical attacks, digital stalking, abductions, illegal deportations, or other forms of aggression, threats, or intimidation toward the targeted individual or close associates or family members of that individual. .
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