U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) wants to make sure that immigrants who come to America aren’t radical Islamists who practice Sharia law.

Moore, who is also a candidate for the U.S. Senate, introduced the CRUSADE (Countering Radicalism Under Sharia and Defeating Extremism) Act. This legislation will amend the EB-4 special immigrant visa provision, including the religious worker category, to require covered aliens to disavow Sharia law and take an oath to uphold the United States Constitution.

“America is built on the rule of law and the supremacy of the Constitution – not foreign legal systems that conflict with our freedoms and values,” Moore said. “The CRUSADE Act makes clear that anyone seeking entry into the United States as a religious worker must affirm their commitment to the Constitution and reject the extremist practices found in Sharia law that have been used to justify persecution, violence, and the suppression of basic human rights.”

The congressman has made it a priority to fight against any implementation of Sharia law in the U.S. Earlier this year he introduced the Defeat Sharia Law in America Act, which clarifies that discrimination carried out through the implementation of Sharia law violates the protections guaranteed under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Moore argues that Sharia law has been used in parts of the world to justify persecution of religious minorities, restrictions on women, punishments for apostasy and blasphemy, and the elevation of religious law over civil law.

He also thinks anyone seeking the privilege of entering the United States as a religious worker should be willing to clearly affirm that the Constitution, not Sharia law, is the supreme law of the land.

“Religious liberty is one of our nation’s founding principles,” he said, “but it cannot come at the expense of the constitutional order that protects all Americans.”

Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on X @Yaffee