Sen. Rick Scott Reintroduces No Relief for Allies of Dictators Act
‘America Cannot Provide a Safe Haven to the World’s Most Dangerous Regimes’
January 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott reintroduced the No Relief for Allies of Dictators Act to revoke existing and deny future U.S. visas to foreign nationals who enable or benefit from regimes in Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Bolivia to protect our national security and stop those who support evil dictators from entering U.S. communities. This applies to current and former officials connected to the regimes of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez Fidel Castro, Raúl Castro, and Miguel Díaz-Canel in Cuba; Daniel Ortega and members of the Sandinista Party in Nicaragua; and Evo Morales in Bolivia, as well as foreign nationals acting on behalf of these criminal regimes.
Senator Rick Scott said, “President Trump is taking critical action to hold dictators around the world accountable and get dangerous individuals who came into our country unchecked out of our communities. The president’s recent action to bring Nicolás Maduro to justice proves that the United States will no longer tolerate criminal regimes endangering the United States, trafficking drugs and dangerous criminals into our country, enabling terror, or standing against freedom. To build on that action, we must make clear the United States will, under no circumstances, provide a safe haven for anyone who has helped these regimes commit their evils and destroy lives by passing my No Relief for Allies of Dictators Act. This bill will stop anyone involved with dangerous regimes – standing in direct opposition to the freedoms of our nation and endangering our families, from ever entering the United States.”
The No Relief for Allies of Dictators Act would:
- Revoke existing visas and block new visa issuances for individuals who support or advance the authoritarian regimes in Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Bolivia;
- Target both individuals currently in the United States and those applying from abroad who have committed human rights abuses or engaged in actions that undermine the sovereignty of the Cuban, Venezuelan, Nicaraguan, and Bolivian people;
- Impose visa restrictions on current and former officials of these regimes, as well as foreign nationals acting on their behalf;
- Extend visa restrictions to immediate family members, including spouses and children, of foreign officials who support these regimes; and
- Allow for visa restrictions on foreign officials seeking to travel to the United States for United Nations General Assembly-related activities, based on case-by-case determinations by the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence.
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