MAGA hardliner pushes ban on immigration from Islamic countries, US adversaries in wake of Texas shooting

"Mass Islamic immigration, legal or illegal, has transformed America and brought destructive consequences," Ogles said.

"America's moral exemplar is a meek carpenter who rose from the dead, not a warmonger with 12 wives and countless slaves. My bill will preserve this truth."

Ogles' bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prevent admission of aliens from a series of countries with predominantly Muslim populations and a handful of other U.S. adversaries as Republicans continue to express concerns about Islamic ideologies and possible ties to recent acts of violence.

The bill, dubbed the "Halt Immigration from Countries with Inadequate Verification Capabilities Act" (HICIVA), targets Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen.

The bill describes those countries as regions "where the government or prevailing conditions do not allow for reliable verification of the identities, backgrounds, or intentions" for travelers looking to enter the U.S. The ban would also apply to individuals who have lived in the listed countries in the five years before the date of their attempted entry.

It makes an exception for U.S. citizens.

Diagne was shot and killed in a confrontation with law enforcement on Sunday.

Investigators said they would take recent events into consideration as they evaluated the Austin shooting.

"In 2017, President Trump rightly called out the unassimilable nature of those from Islamic nations, and I want to make it statute. America is no place for a religion that endorses pedophilia, sex slavery, polygamy, abuse of women and the murder of Christians," Ogles said, referring to an executive order from Trump's first term.

According to Ogles' office, Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., will also join the bill as an original sponsor.