[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 171 (Wednesday, October 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5090-S5091]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   SENATE RESOLUTION 413--CONDEMNING FOREIGN NATIONALS IN THE UNITED 
STATES WHO HAVE ENDORSED AND ESPOUSED THE ACTIONS OF FOREIGN TERRORIST 
 ORGANIZATIONS (FTO) IN GAZA WHO, ON OCTOBER 7, 2023, LAUNCHED ATTACKS 
  AGAINST THE STATE OF ISRAEL, AND KILLED INNOCENT ISRAELI AND UNITED 
                            STATES CITIZENS

  Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Scott of 
Florida, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Vance, Mr. Budd, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Tuberville, 
Mr. Johnson, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Hoeven) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 413

       Whereas entry into the United States for foreign nationals 
     to study, work, and travel is a privilege and intended to 
     benefit the national interest of the United States;
       Whereas section 212(a)(3)(B)(i)(VII) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(i)(VII)) mandates 
     that certain aliens be ineligible for entry into the United 
     States, including anyone who ``endorses or espouses terrorist 
     activity or persuades others to endorse or espouse terrorist 
     activity or support a terrorist organization'';
       Whereas, on October 7, 2023, members of the Iran-backed 
     Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other designated FTOs 
     from the Gaza Strip invaded the State of Israel in force by 
     land, air, and sea;
       Whereas Iran-backed FTO Hezbollah has taken responsibility 
     for firing mortar shells and anti-tank missiles towards 
     Israeli positions along the Lebanese border;

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       Whereas leaders of Hamas have openly thanked the Islamic 
     Republic of Iran for its consistent provision of funding, 
     weapons, and support in the weeks before the attack;
       Whereas the terrorist invaders unleashed slaughter and 
     cruelty against the residents of southern Israel, reminiscent 
     of the worst pogroms of history;
       Whereas the terrorists operated death squads tasked with 
     exterminating Jews, as well as hostage-taking squads tasked 
     with abducting Jews for ransom, propaganda, and torture, if 
     not simply sadistic pleasure;
       Whereas the terrorists murdered at least 1,300 innocent 
     victims, including children;
       Whereas the terrorists murdered at least 30 United States 
     citizens;
       Whereas the terrorists continue to hold hostage dozens of 
     Israeli and United States citizens;
       Whereas the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks represent 
     the deadliest and most savage assault on the Jewish people 
     since the Holocaust;
       Whereas students at our most elite colleges and 
     universities, including foreign nationals, have celebrated 
     this pogrom and blamed the Jews for their own slaughter at 
     the hands of a savage enemy;
       Whereas Hamas called for a ``Day of Rage'' on October 13, 
     2023, and some individuals in the United States have 
     responded to this call and incited others to endorse and 
     espouse Hamas' actions against Israeli and American 
     civilians;
       Whereas there have been violent, anti-Semitic, pro-Hamas 
     riots in the streets of South Florida, Washington, D.C., New 
     York City, Pittsburgh, Portland, Los Angeles, and other 
     cities;
       Whereas individuals, including foreign nationals, 
     participating in these riots have made calls for intifada, 
     decolonization, jihad, and other similar calls to eliminate 
     the State of Israel; and
       Whereas organizers and participants of these riots could 
     include foreign nationals who are in the United States on 
     visas: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) calls on the President of the United States to enforce 
     existing law to revoke visas and initiate deportation 
     proceedings for any foreign national who has endorsed or 
     espoused the terrorist activities of Hamas, Palestinian 
     Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, or other FTOs that have 
     participated in terrorist attacks against Israel and United 
     States citizens before, on, or after October 7, 2023;
       (2) affirms that there is no equivalence between the 
     terrorism of Hamas and its backers, on the one hand, and the 
     military action taken by Israel in self-defense, on the 
     other;
       (3) rejects anti-Semitism in all its forms and guises, from 
     full-throated Jew hatred to the subtle anti-Semitism that 
     holds the State of Israel to a different standard than any 
     other nation; and
       (4) commits to honoring the memory of the deceased and 
     never forgetting the unwarranted and unjustified assault on 
     Israel and the Jewish people on October 7, 2023.

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