Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., plans to introduce a bill that would halt entry from a set of Muslim countries, an effort Ogles framed as a continuation of travel restrictions President Donald Trump implemented in 2017.
FOX News Ogles’ bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prevent admission of aliens from a series of countries with predominantly Muslim populations and a handful of other U.S. adversaries as Republicans continue to express concerns about Islamic ideologies and possible ties to recent acts of violence.
The bill, dubbed the “Halt Immigration from Countries with Inadequate Verification Capabilities Act” (HICIVA), targets Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, as well as North Korea and Venezuela..
The bill describes those countries as regions “where the government or prevailing conditions do not allow for reliable verification of the identities, backgrounds, or intentions” for travelers looking to enter the U.S. The ban would also apply to individuals who have lived in the listed countries in the five years before the date of their attempted entry.
Ogles’ plans to introduce his bill come on the heels of a deadly shooting in Austin, Texas,that left at least three dead and over a dozen others injured.
While investigators declined to definitively ascribe motives to the attack, police discovered the suspect, Ndiaga Diagne, 53, a Muslim wearing a hoodie marked with the words “property of Allah” on the front. A search of his home also revealed an Iranian flag and photos of Islamic leaders.
While the investigation into the motives for the attack continues, Ogles believes Islam itself presents a threat to the United States as an idea.
“In 2017, President Trump rightly called out the unassimilable nature of those from Islamic nations, and I want to make it statute. America is no place for a religion that endorses pedophilia, sex slavery, polygamy, abuse of women and the murder of Christians,” Ogles said, referring to an executive order from Trump’s first term.
That 2017 order made by Trump also sought to ban travel from the six countries highlighted by Ogles’ bill, and Iraq, for 90 days.
According to Ogles’ office, Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., will also join the bill as an original sponsor.
America and Islam are incompatible.
Time for a muslim ban. pic.twitter.com/BuzHNo44A5
— Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) March 5, 2026
A day late and a dollar short then the shit has been shoveled into our livingroom and it wont go , ever again. texas will give them so much ground that they can build a whole city …ONLY FOR THEM. wow is all i can say and the bunch of warnings and so are nothing compaired to the religion of freedom and what it brings with her. sorry but its too late and the shit has been brought into our hauses and this shit even has the support of many big politicians so what could go wrong.
Ban people from the US with Muslim names from ANY country.
How about round the ones living here now ? Rid us of the filth ! Praise Allah
If we could turn the clock back, to before the Dems realized a new voting bloc existed, just outside our borders, we could portray Muslims as devout worshipers, and enact legislation that would seem to encourage the admission of their “refugees”. The Dems would observe these actions, and scream for the National Guard on all our borders, to repel the invasion. Trump could have pulled this off, had the timing been different.
This bill must pass.
This bill is great but doesn’t go far enough. We must have a completel Muslim ban. What about the rest of the 57 Islamic nations? Just BAN Islam in its entirety!
He knows it’s Muslims, so he just should put it out there – NO MUSLIMS PERMITTED IN THE US… and stop allowing them into our universities to learn how to kill us. This is so elementary, so easy so LETS DO IT already. Plus, let’s get the maniacs that are already here.
It’s still illegal here to use religion alone as the reason to kick someone out.
I still insist, Islam is not a religion, but an ideology. Convince me I’m wrong!
It’s a political ideology posing as a religion. How’s that?
Agreed 👍😉
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Truth spoken.
Which makes the Constitution a suicide pact. It is possible to amend the US Constitution maybe THIS is one of those times. If it isn’t done, the US Constitution will be made irrelevant by the moslames and their butt boys the Commiecrats anyway.
And eventually the Green part of that alliance will wipe out the Red
ALL DECENT AND CHRISTIAN COUNTIES MUST BAN ISLAM AND NOT ALLOW MUSLIMS IN THEIR DECENT COUNTRIES..
DEPORT ALL, MUSLIMS FROM YOUR COUNTRIES, CLEAN YOUR COUNTRIES OF THIS VERMIN NOW.