Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL) as outlined in MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base

The US Patriot Act of 2001 authorized the Secretary of State, with the request of the Attorney General, to designate terrorist organizations for immigration purposes. This authority is known as the “Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL)” authority. A TEL designation increases homeland security efforts by facilitating the ability to exclude aliens associated with entities on the TEL from entering the United States.

Designation Criteria

An organization can be placed on the TEL if the Secretary of State finds that the organization:

       commits or incites to commit, under circumstances indicating an intention to cause death or serious bodily injury, a terrorist activity;

       prepares or plans a terrorist activity; 

       gathers information on potential targets for terrorist activity; or 

       provides material support to further terrorist activity. 

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Terrorist Exclusion List Designees

Aden Abyan Islamic Army (AAIA)

Afghan Support Committee

Al-Hamati Sweets Bakeries

al-Ittihaad al-Islami (AIAI)

Al-Ma'unah

Al-Manar

Al-Nur Honey Center

Al-Rashid Trust

Al-Shifa Honey Press for Industry and Commerce

Al-Wafa al-lgatha al-Islamia

Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB)

Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)

Anarchist Faction

Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (ALIR)

Babbar Khalsa International (BKI)

Bank Al Taqwa Ltd.

Black Star

Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M)

Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)

Darkazanli Company

Dhamat Houmet Daawa Salafia

Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM)

First of October Antifascist Resistance Group (GRAPO)

Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami (HUJI)

International Sikh Youth Federation

Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade (IIPB)

Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM)

Jamiat al-Ta'awun al-Islamiyya

Jamiat ul-Mujahedin (JuM)

Japanese Red Army (JRA)

Jayshullah

Jerusalem Warriors

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)

Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)

Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)

Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF)

Makhtab al-Khidmat

Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group

Nada Management Organization

New People's Army (NPA)

New Red Brigades/Communist Combatant Party

Orange Volunteers (OV)

Overthrown Anarchist Faction

People Against Gangsterism And Drugs (PAGAD)

Rajah Solaiman Movement

Red Hand Defenders (RHD)

Revival of Islamic Heritage Society

Revolutionary Proletarian Nucleus

Revolutionary United Front (RUF)

Riyad us-Saliheyn Martyrs' Brigade

Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)

Special Purpose Islamic Regiment (SPIR)

The Pentagon Gang

Tunisian Combatant Group (TCG)

Turkish Hezbollah

Ulster Defence Association/Ulster Freedom Fighters

Ummah Tameer E-Nau

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