Before FCRA Remarks, US Lawmaker Was In News For Selfie With Stripped-Down Prisoners In Background

Published 5 August 2026 · india

News explainers Before FCRA Remarks, US Lawmaker Was In News For Selfie With Stripped-Down Prisoners In Background Before FCRA Remarks, US Lawmaker Was In News

News explainers Before FCRA Remarks, US Lawmaker Was In News For Selfie With Stripped-Down Prisoners In Background Before FCRA Remarks, US Lawmaker Was In News For Selfie With Stripped-Down Prisoners In Background Published By, Last Updated: August 05, 2026, 17:22 IST Before his comments on India’s FCRA, US Congressman Riley Moore was in news for his ‘picture imperfect’ moment in El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison Rapid Read Riley Moore's infamous selfie. (X) U.S. Congressman Riley Moore has recently been in the news for criticising India’s proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, calling it a “clear attack against Christians" and warning that it could negatively affect U.S.-India bilateral relations. But did you know that his previous controversy, involving a picture with a double thumbs-up pose and selfie with stripped down, caged prisoners in the background, almost cost him his space in the Congress? WHAT RILEY MOORE HAS SAID ON FCRA Moore claimed the bill allows state control and takeover of churches and religious charities if their FCRA licenses expire or are canceled. He stated that moving forward with the legislation in its current form would become a major point of concern in relations between the U.S. and India.

India’s proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, introduced during the Monsoon Session, creates a Designated Authority to manage assets tied to non-compliant or expired NGO/foreign funding registrations, while the Indian government maintains the changes are meant to improve transparency and prevent misuse. I just toured the CECOT prison in El Salvador. This maximum security facility houses the country’s most brutal criminals, including murderers, rapists, pedophiles, and terrorists. Several inmates were extremely violent criminals recently deported from the U.S.I leave now even… pic.twitter.com/zhO8i2IbOd — Rep. Riley M. Moore (@RepRileyMoore) April 15, 2025 RILEY MOORE’S PICTURE IMPERFECT MOMEMT Moore had faced intense public backlash last year after posting a selfie giving a double “thumbs up" inside El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) mega-prison. The photograph, which featured rows of stripped-down, caged inmates in the background, drew heavy criticism from civil rights organizations and the public, leading the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) to declare that he “does not belong in Congress." THE VISIT In April 2025, Rep. Moore (R-W.Va.) took a fact-finding trip to El Salvador to assess the country’s maximum-security prison system.