Status bar, not a speech crime

United States — non-citizen

Not a speech crime. INA §212(a)(3)(B)(i)(VII) is already statute: endorse or espouse. 9 FAM 302.6 is the consular manual.

Independent-praise crime?: Not a speech crime. INA bar.
Test: Endorse or espouse terrorist activity, or persuade others to endorse or espouse terrorist activity or support a terrorist organization. Not Brandenburg.
Who decides: Consular officers / USCIS / State. 9 FAM 302.6 is the manual.
Cost: Visa denial, inadmissibility, removal. Not a criminal sentence for the speech.

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§212(a)(3)(B)(i)(VII)

Immigration and Nationality Act

Target: An alien who endorses or espouses terrorist activity, or persuades others to do so, or to support a terrorist organization
Test: Status rule for non-citizens. Not Brandenburg. No imminence requirement.
Max: Inadmissibility: visa denial, refusal of admission, removal. Not a criminal sentence for the speech.

Any alien who— … (VII) endorses or espouses terrorist activity or persuades others to endorse or espouse terrorist activity or support a terrorist organization; … is inadmissible.

INA §212(a)(3)(B)(i)(VII), 8 U.S.C. §1182(a)(3)(B)(i)(VII).

Cite · 8 U.S.C. §1182(a)(3)(B)(i)(VII) · as of 2026-09-05

The INA endorse / espouse clause is the non-citizen column. Do not run it through Brandenburg.

The immigration tool is already statute. It is not a new post-October 7 invention.
This is not a listed-speech offence. It is a status bar.

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Terrorism-related ineligibilities

9 FAM 302.6

Target: Consular application of INA §212(a)(3)(B), including endorse / espouse
Test: An applicant is ineligible under INA 212(a)(3)(B)(i)(VII) if the applicant endorses or espouses terrorist activity or persuades others to endorse or support terrorist activity or a terrorist organization.
Max: Visa ineligibility

An applicant is ineligible under INA 212(a)(3)(B)(i)(VII) if the applicant endorses or espouses terrorist activity or persuades others to endorse or support terrorist activity or a terrorist organization.

9 FAM 302.6, endorsing or espousing terrorism.

Cite · 9 FAM 302.6 · as of 2026-09-05

Post-2025 screening intensification is Supported as official direction.
Individual-case application is largely Unproven in primary statistical form.

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