On Tuesday, the second anniversary of the horrific Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that claimed 1,200 lives, terrorist sympathizers took to the streets to declare that the violence was not “enough.”
“We did not act enough! We did not act enough. Repeat after me, ‘We did not act enough.’ If we acted enough, the headline behind me would read, ‘Gaza has been liberated,’” one man yelled. “So our work is not done. We will show up, stronger than we did the first Oct. 7. Louder than we did the first Oct. 7 to make it clear that we are not going anywhere. We will keep fighting until Palestine is free, from the river to the sea, within our lifetime.”
That scene played out, not on the other side of the world, but in the streets of Manhattan.
Other demonstrators cheering Hamas’ rule in Gaza have chanted, “Death to America” in U.S. cities. Some of these people violently cheering for Islam are on student visas, like the infamous Mahmoud Khalil, but others have been granted citizenship by a country to which they clearly have no allegiance.
Texas Rep. Chip Roy says the Islamic ideology that underpins these calls for violence is “incompatible” with American society. Roy introduced legislation on Wednesday entitled: “Preserving A Sharia-Free America Act,” according to a copy of the legislation obtained exclusively by The Federalist.
The legislation would prevent foreign nationals who adhere to Sharia Law from entering or remaining in the United States.
“Any alien in the United States found to be an adherent of Sharia law by the Secretary of State, Secretary of Homeland Security, or Attorney General shall have any immigration benefit, immigration relief, or visa revoked, be considered inadmissible or deportable, and shall be removed from the United States,” the legislation reads in part.
The legislation would permit the revocation of immigration benefits and ensure that any foreign national who lied about his adherence to such belief system would be considered inadmissible or deportable and be removed.
The legislation would also create a provision that states: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any determination made by the aforementioned Department heads under this Act shall be final and shall not be subject to review by any court.”
In a statement to The Federalist, Roy said: “America is facing an existential threat — the spread of Sharia Law. From Texas to every state in the union, instances of Sharia Law adherents have threatened the American way of life, seeking to replace our legal system and Constitution with an incompatible ideology that diminishes the rights of women, children, and individuals of different faiths.”
“America’s immigration system must be fortified to counter the importation of Sharia adherents — the preservation of our constitutional republic and its people depend on it,” Roy continued.
Barring foreign nationals who adhere to Sharia law acknowledges what too many in Washington are scared to confront — not every ideology is compatible with liberty, and not every culture is compatible with participation in American society.
Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2
