'Powerful deterrent': Senators call for religious persecutors to be refused entry to U.S.
Plan would deny entry permission for those responsible for attacks on faith
By
Bob Unruh
March 23, 2026
U.S. senators are calling for those criminals around the globe who persecute people for their religious faith to be refused entry to the United States.
Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., has proposed S.3679 that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act "to prohibit visas for foreign individuals responsible for significant violations of religious liberty," explained a report from the American Center for Law and Justice.
"In simple terms, those who persecute people of faith abroad should not be allowed to enter the United States," the report, which follows evidence around the globe of believers facing violence, prison, intimidation torture, and death, said.
Budd has earned the support for his plan from Sens. Blackburn, Moody, Cotton, Banks, Kennedy, Lankford, and Cruz.
https://www.wnd.com/2026/03/powerful-deterrent-senators-call-religious-persecutors-be-refused/
