WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott announced the introduction of legislation designed to strengthen America’s national security by directly countering the growing threats posed by Communist China and other authoritarian regimes. The bill would amend current U.S. immigration law to add new grounds of inadmissibility and deportability for foreign nationals whose home countries require them, by law, to provide access to, cooperate with, or support foreign intelligence services. This provision specifically targets regimes like the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which enforces strict national intelligence laws on its citizens to force them to engage in espionage on behalf of their home nation. By closing this dangerous loophole, the legislation will block individuals with ties to hostile nations from entering or remaining in the United States.

Senator Scott has led several legislative efforts to hold Communist China accountable for its many crimes while protecting America’s national security interests, including his Drones for America Act, No Adversarial AI Act, Prying into Chinese Tyrants’ Unreported Riches, Earnings, and Secrets (PICTURES) Act, Military Installation Retail Security Act, No Safe Harbor for the Enemy Act, and legislative package to crack down on Communist China’s exploitation of U.S. markets, along with a recent letter to David Perdue, the U.S. Ambassador to China listing out several of his top priorities.

Senator Rick Scott said, “Communist China is not just our competitor, they are our enemy, and we cannot afford to be naïve about the regime’s intentions when our national security is at risk. The Chinese Communist Party is actively waging war with campaigns of espionage, theft, and influence operations against the United States in an effort to destroy our way of life at any cost. The regime forces, by law, every single citizen and every single business to act as agents that can be called to report to and spy on behalf of General Secretary Xi. That means any Chinese citizen on U.S. soil is compelled to spy on us. America must protect its citizens, and when the CCP’s laws demand total loyalty to the state, we have no choice but to put our security first. My bill draws a hard line: if you're legally bound to serve a hostile adversarial regime that requires its citizens to spy on America, you will never be setting foot on American soil.”

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