Congresswoman Nancy Mace announced on May 26 the introduction of the No Immigration Without Assimilation Act, which would require mandatory assimilation likelihood screenings by the Department of Homeland Security before approving any immigration benefit application.
The proposed legislation states that immigrants who hold views deemed incompatible with United States principles, refuse to assimilate into American culture, or whose presence is considered detrimental to cultural cohesion will be denied entry. The bill also makes such individuals deportable if they are already in the country. “This bill is simple: if you hate America, you don’t get to come here or stay here. Period,” Mace said.
Mace outlined several examples she says illustrate the need for this legislation, including reports from New York City and Dearborn, Michigan regarding religious practices and local governance issues. She cited incidents involving broadcasted calls to prayer and allegations about Sharia law influencing city operations in Dearborn. In Texas, she referenced investigations into alleged Sharia tribunals issuing rulings outside U.S. constitutional authority.
The act defines incompatible views as beliefs in religious law replacing or operating parallel to U.S. law (such as Sharia law), justification of religiously or politically motivated violence, belief that constitutional rights should not apply to individuals, preference for authoritarian government over representative democracy, refusal to learn English, and any other belief determined by Homeland Security as incompatible with American principles. Screenings would include direct interviews with applicants and reviews of public statements and testimony from relatives or associates.
“Every other country on earth protects its culture, its values, and its way of life. America should be no different,” Mace said, “For too long we have opened our doors to people who have no respect for our country.”
Nancy Mace has represented South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District since 2021 after previously serving in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2018 to 2020; she was born in Fort Bragg in 1977 and graduated from The Citadel in 1999 with a BS degree, according to information about her career and background from Wikipedia.
