Press Release

December 3, 2025

Contact: Sarah Stern

(202) 601-7422

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EMET Profoundly Applauds Representative Tom McClintock’s Bill to Deny Entry to the U.S. to Anyone Associated with the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad Acts of October 7, 2023

On the floor of the US Congress on December 1st, Representative McClintock (R-CA), acted both wisely and courageously. He spoke passionately, eloquently, and firmly about the savage, brutal physical abuse, beheadings, kidnappings and massacres of innocent Israelis and foreign nationals on October 7, 2023.

EMET (Endowment for Middle East Truth) commends Representative McClintock for his unwavering commitment to national security and the safety of American citizens. The proposed legislation seeks to prevent individuals who have participated in or supported the heinous acts perpetrated by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad on October 7, 2023, from entering the United States. This decisive action underscores the importance of holding perpetrators of terror accountable and protecting our nation's borders.

Many of his words should resonate in every civilized American’s ears, in every American who honors the words of our Constitution.

He stated that, “Earlier this year, the barbaric inhumanity of Hamas was revealed again in the macabre and infuriating spectacle of returning the bodies of the Bibas family. We last saw Shiri Bibas alive on October 7th, 2023, as she was seized, terrified and sobbing, begging for the lives of her two little boys as they were dragged into the hell on Earth that Hamas created. This February, their murdered bodies were treated as trophies, and later we learned in a final act of cruelty, that Shiri's body had been substituted for another.

We all came together in this body last year and said that such monsters as these must never be admitted to our country, never given safe haven on our soil, and never tolerated where they are found.

HR 176 says that anyone associated with Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad, in any capacity, or anyone who assisted their terrorist activities in any form, will not be allowed in this country under any circumstances, will be immediately removed if we do find them here, and under no circumstances will we allow them to receive any immigration benefit under our laws.”

We all watched with horror as two American National Guards were brutally attacked by an Afghani yelling “Allah Ahbar”. One, Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, was fatally wounded, and the other, Staff Sargent Andrew Wolfe is now fighting for his life.

To be an American means that our number one allegiance should be to our Constitution and our cherished freedoms. Freedom of speech must end with incitement to violence, and most definitely with brutal acts of violence.

As Sir Edmund Burke once wrote, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

These tragic events serve as a stark reminder of the threats posed by extremist groups and the urgent need for robust legislative measures to safeguard the American people. By reinforcing our immigration policies and denying safe haven to those affiliated with acts of terror, the United States reaffirms its commitment to justice, security, and the rule of law.

The Bill is now making its way to the Senate, where it awaits final passage.
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