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Introduced November 20, 2025 by Charles Roy · Last progress November 20, 2025
This bill tightens immigration eligibility and prioritizes citizens/LPRs and domestic workers—trading administrative simplification, local control, and perceived security gains against large reductions in benefits, immigration pathways, students' work opportunities, worker mobility, and potential harms to children's rights and public health.
U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents are given priority in family‑preference immigration categories by narrowing who counts as immediate family for certain provisions, preserving spots for sponsors' spouses and minor children.
Known or suspected terrorists and their affiliates are barred from receiving immigration status, aiming to reduce security risks from admitted individuals.
A new fee structure raises revenue for immigration processing, which can reduce net federal program costs related to immigration adjudication.
Low‑income immigrant households would lose eligibility for many federal supports (including Medicare eligibility changes, emergency Medicaid restrictions, SNAP, WIC, and tax credits like the premium tax credit and EITC), increasing food and health insecurity and financial strain.
Children born in the U.S. to noncitizen, non‑LPR parents would lose automatic birthright citizenship, creating legal uncertainty and risks of statelessness for affected children.
Large new H‑1B petition fees (including $100,000 charges for initial, transfer, and many extension petitions) would sharply raise hiring and retention costs, reduce worker mobility, and likely push employers to offshore contractors, automation, or higher prices.
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Pauses most visa issuances and grants of immigration status and imposes wide new limits on who can receive status or federal benefits. It cancels programs and permissions including Optional Practical Training (OPT) for F‑1 students, repeals the Diversity Visa program, creates a new $100,000 employer fee for many H‑1B petitions beginning in FY2026, and restricts birthright citizenship, family‑based admissions, and benefit eligibility for many noncitizens. Pending applications that become ineligible under these changes would be revoked with fees refunded. The measure also adopts existing INA definitions for its terms, and includes a single narrow statutory exception for one specified nonimmigrant visa category. Many provisions take effect on enactment; the H‑1B fee is set to begin in fiscal year 2026.