Chip Roy will deny nonimmigrant religious worker visas to imams, shaykhas, muftis, ayatollahs, and other Islamic leaders from entering the United States.

Chip Roy · Texas · Republican

policy impact 0.62 specificity 0.96 extraction confidence 97%

Occurrences

The IMAN Act would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny nonimmigrant religious worker visas to Imams, Shaykhas, Muftis, Ayatollahs, and others who possess Islamic leadership positions from entering the United States.

Roy introduced legislation to block certain foreign religious leaders from obtaining U.S. religious worker visas.

Rep. Roy Introduces IMAM Act | Representative Chip Roy
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Evidence

The site’s May 18, 2026 news item says Roy introduced the Inhibiting Militant Adversarial Mullahs (IMAN) Act, described as legislation that would bar anti-American foreign clerics who preach Sharia Law and political Islam from being admitted into the United States.

Recent official evidence that Roy took concrete legislative action aimed at blocking certain Islamist clerics from U.S. admission, consistent with the promise’s direction.

partial same_term A for effort

Representative Chip Roy
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The House Judiciary Subcommittee held a May 13, 2026 hearing titled 'Sharia-Free America: Why Political Islam & Sharia Law are Incompatible with the U.S. Constitution: Part II,' with Roy as chairman of the subcommittee context on the page.

Shows ongoing committee activity aligned with Roy’s anti-Sharia immigration agenda, but not enactment or direct implementation of the specific visa denial promise.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Sharia-Free America: Why Political Islam & Sharia Law are Incompatible with the U.S. Constitution: Part II
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Roy said he introduced the MAMDANI Act, which would "deport, denaturalize, deny U.S. citizenship, or entry" to aliens tied to Islamic fundamentalist parties or advocacy.

Official same-term legislative effort aimed at barring entry and immigration benefits for people associated with Islamic fundamentalism, but not an enacted visa-denial policy.

never same_term A for effort

Rep. Roy Introduces MAMDANI Act to Denaturalize and Deport Marxists and Islamic Fundamentalists | Representative Chip Roy
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The bill text would "limit alien eligibility for admission and naturalization" and make certain Islamic fundamentalist-affiliated aliens inadmissible and deportable.

Primary-source bill text confirms the proposed statutory changes, but it is only an introduction and does not show delivery of the promised visa denial policy.

never same_term A for effort

MAMDANI Act bill text
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Assessments

never same_term A for effort

Roy made serious same-term legislative and committee efforts aimed at restricting admission of Islamic fundamentalist clerics, including introducing the MAMDANI Act and IMAN Act and holding related hearings. But the record does not show enactment or implementation of a rule that actually denied the specific nonimmigrant religious worker visas promised, so the claim was not fulfilled.

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never same_term A for effort

Roy has made a concrete same-term legislative effort by introducing the IMAN Act, which would amend the nonimmigrant religious worker visa category to bar entrants with titles such as imam, shaykha, mufti, ayatollah, and related Islamic clerical titles. However, the available record indicates the measure was introduced and has not been enacted or implemented, so the promised visa denial policy has not been delivered. The hearing activity reinforces effort but does not itself change visa eligibility. Because this is a serious legislative attempt that has not produced the promised outcome, the correct adjudication is never with an effort badge.

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