Rep. Chip Roy Introduces Bill to Deport Non-Citizens for Socialist or Islamist Ties

Communist Party membership has been grounds for deportation under U.S. immigration law since 1952 — the MAMDANI Act would extend that to socialist parties and Islamist organizations

12.8 million lawful permanent residents lived in the U.S. as of January 2024 — all would be subject to the bill's deportation provisions

Pew Research estimates a record 14 million unauthorized immigrants lived in the U.S. in 2023 — the largest count since Pew began tracking in 2005

DSA membership nearly doubled — from roughly 50,000 to over 90,000 — between October 2024 and January 2026, partly driven by Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign

Congress stripped most ideological exclusion grounds from immigration law in 1990 — the MAMDANI Act would restore and expand them 35 years later