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The bill sharply restricts immigration for 10 years to reduce short-term migration pressure and create a uniform enforcement rule, but does so at the cost of blocking family reunification and lawful entry, risking harm to asylum seekers, disrupting the labor market and tax revenues, and creating diplomatic and legal complications.
Border communities and ports of entry would see sharply lower short-term migration pressure as nationwide visa and admission numbers fall during the 10-year period.
Federal agencies and consular staffs would have a clearer, uniform 10-year policy to apply, simplifying processing rules and reducing discretionary variation across posts.
Immigrants (including people seeking family reunification, foreign workers, and those pursuing lawful pathways) would be barred from entering the U.S. for 10 years, preventing reunification and lawful migration.
Asylum seekers and refugees would be effectively denied entry, putting people fleeing persecution at risk and raising the likelihood the U.S. would fail to meet international protection obligations.
U.S. employers and sectors that rely on immigrant labor would face severe labor shortages, driving up labor costs, disrupting services, and harming businesses that depend on immigrant workers.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Prohibits admission of any alien to the United States for 10 years beginning on the date of enactment.
Official title: To prohibit the admission of aliens to the United States for 10 years, and for other purposes.
Introduced December 3, 2025 by Paul Gosar · Last progress December 3, 2025
Prohibits the admission of any alien to the United States for a period of 10 years starting on the date the law is enacted. The ban is nationwide and applies to all admissions of noncitizens for the entire 10-year period.