[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4197 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4197

 To prevent the admission of any member or leader of the Magyar Garda 
            into the United States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 15, 2007

  Mr. Lantos introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prevent the admission of any member or leader of the Magyar Garda 
            into the United States, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) In August 2007, Gabor Vona, President of JOBBIK, the 
        Right-Wing Youth Community Party, announced plans to establish 
        a a new paramilitary organization, the ``Hungarian Guard'', or 
        Magyar Garda, with an aim to provide ``physical and 
        intellectual defense for Hungarians''.
            (2) Jewish groups in Hungary have raised concerns of rising 
        anti-Semitism, expressing particular concern about the Magyar 
        Garda's use of symbols linked to the Arrow Cross party that 
        collaborated with the Nazis in World War II.
            (3) The fascist Arrow Cross regime was responsible for the 
        deportation of some 450,000 Hungarian Jews to Nazi death camps 
        where many died in the Holocaust.
            (4) The World Jewish Congress has called on the Hungarian 
        Government to act against the Magyar Garda.
            (5) On August 25, 2007, 56 members of the Magyar Garda were 
        sworn in during a ceremony in Budapest's historic castle 
        district.
            (6) On October 26, 2007, 600 new members were inducted into 
        the Magyar Garda at Hero's Square in Budapest before a crowd of 
        2500. The new members were wearing the Garda's uniforms that 
        are reminiscent of those worn by Arrow Cross members.
            (7) The Magyar Garda has announced its intention ``to 
        rescue Hungarians'', preserve ``Hungary for Hungarians'', and 
        train its members to use firearms and weaponry.

SEC. 2. PREVENTING ENTRY OF MAGYAR GARDA PARTICIPANTS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
consular officer shall deny all classes of immigrant and nonimmigrant 
visas to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall deny admission 
into the United States to, any alien who the Secretary of State 
determines is or was--
            (1) a former or present leader of the Magyar Garda;
            (2) a present member of the Magyar Garda; or
            (3) a member of the immediate family of an individual 
        described in paragraph (1) or (2).
    (b) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of subsection 
(a) on a case-by-case basis only if the President determines and 
certifies in writing to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the Senate that the admission of a specified alien is in the national 
interests of the United States.
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