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119-hr-8586119th CongressWALLET

Americans First Immigration Act

Sponsored By: Representative Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would create a new federal points-based immigrant visa system and layer it with strict employer attestations and "American values" pledges for applicants. It also ends the Diversity Visa lottery and limits certain higher-education benefits for non‑permanent residents.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 3 mixed.

New points-based green card rules

If enacted, the bill would replace old employment categories with a new points-based green card system. Petitions would need evidence of at least 16 points, an English score at the 5th decile or higher, and the applicant must be age 18–51 on the filing date. A job offer would generally have to pay at least 200% of the State median wage (150% if a U.S. degree is earned within 1 year). The yearly total of points-based visas would be 192,000 minus a specified count of certain detention-release cases. The bill would also bar many older employment-based petitions from being filed or approved and make admission conditional with a 90-day window before the 2-year anniversary to remove the condition, or DHS could end status for listed grounds.

New employer rules for immigrant hires

If enacted, employers offering jobs to points-based immigrants would have to sign detailed attestations before making a bona fide job offer. Employers would need to show they ran good-faith recruitment, list U.S. applicants and reasons they were not hired, and promise not to lay off similar U.S. workers from 90 days before the attestation until the immigrant's last day. Employers would also have to pay the promised wage for 3 years except for discharge for cause or voluntary departure. The Labor Secretary would be able to investigate, order binding arbitration, require hiring or back pay, and assess penalties up to $5,000, $15,000, or $50,000 per violation, with inflation adjustments starting January 1, 2028.

Family visa limits and child age rule

If enacted, 75% of visas under section 203(a) each year would go to spouses and children of lawful permanent residents without the old numerical limit. The yearly total of nuclear family-sponsored visas would equal 87,934 minus a computed number tied to certain parole and adjustment counts. The bill would remove parents from the immediate-relative class for new petitions and bar filing or accepting new parent petitions; pending parent petitions could not be approved. The bill would also fix a child's age for petition purposes at the filing date, but a child who marries or turns 25 before a visa is issued would not qualify.

Change to EB-5 investor law

If enacted, the bill would repeal Section 107 of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022. That statutory subsection would be removed from the EB-5 investor program framework. This change affects people and projects that use the EB-5 investor rules.

End Diversity Visa, add religious visas

If enacted, the Diversity Visa lottery would end. The visas that formerly went to the lottery would be moved to religious-worker immigrant visas, set at 3,000 per year. No new Diversity Visa petitions could be filed after enactment, though certain pending petitions would be adjusted and some pre-enactment beneficiaries could still get a visa until a total of 6,940 such visas are issued. After that number, no further visas under the old lottery paragraph could be issued.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]

AL • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 10/1/2026

  • Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 4/29/2026

  • Rep. Hunt, Wesley [R-TX-38]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 4/29/2026

  • Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 4/29/2026

  • Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 4/30/2026

  • Rep. Jack, Brian [R-GA-3]

    GA • R

    Sponsored 5/4/2026

  • Rep. Fuller, Clay [R-GA-14]

    GA • R

    Sponsored 5/13/2026

  • Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]

    VA • R

    Sponsored 8/17/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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