“We shouldn’t host the relatives of people who attack our country,” said Sen. Tom Cotton.
( May 15, 2026 / JNS ) Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) has introduced legislation that would bar the relatives of designated terrorists and other hostile foreign actors from entering the United States and revoke existing visas, following reports that relatives of former Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani lived legally in the country for years and promoted pro-terror propaganda.
“For years, close family members of terrorists have benefited from U.S. visas,” Cotton stated. “We shouldn’t host the relatives of people who attack our country. My bill ends this absurd practice.”
The legislation, titled the “No Safe Haven for Terrorist Families Act,” would establish a new category of inadmissibility under U.S. immigration law covering relatives of foreign terrorists and other designated hostile actors.