NO BAN Act: This legislation would prevent future immigration bans on people of Islamic faith, or any other religious group, by strengthening the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit discrimination based on religion. The bill would also require that any suspension of entry into the United States be narrowly tailored, backed by credible evidence, and subject to appropriate consultation with Congress.
Support the NO BAN Act to prevent future immigration bans based on religion and require any entry suspension to be narrowly tailored, evidence-based, and subject to congressional consultation.
Occurrences
Evidence
H.R.924, the NO BAN Act, was introduced on 02/04/2025. Congress.gov lists Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16]* as a cosponsor on 02/04/2025; latest action: referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement. The CRS summary says the bill prohibits religious discrimination, requires specific and credible facts, narrow tailoring, and congressional consultation before restrictions.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] as a cosponsor of H.R.2214, the NO BAN Act, on 09/17/2019. The summary says the bill limits entry-suspension authority, prohibits religious discrimination, requires specific evidence and narrow tailoring, and requires consultation with Congress before restrictions.
Assessments
Escobar fulfilled the promise in the relevant federal office context by cosponsoring H.R.2214, the NO BAN Act, during her first House term on September 17, 2019. The bill matched the promised substance by addressing religious discrimination in entry suspensions, requiring evidence and narrow tailoring, and requiring congressional consultation. Her later original cosponsorship of the 2025 reintroduction reinforces continued support, but the promise was already delivered in the same term because the commitment was to support the Act, not necessarily secure final enactment.