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119-hr-9479119th Congress

Remigration Act

Sponsored By: Representative Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]

Introduced

Summary

Tightens denaturalization and expands grounds for deportation across multiple immigration categories. It adds new criminal and national-security triggers, creates a wide review of recent asylum and refugee grants, and narrows who counts as a U.S. citizen at birth.

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  • Naturalized citizens and children: Adds new denaturalization grounds within 10 years after naturalization for fraud involving government benefits, knowingly joining or supporting a designated foreign terrorist organization, aggravated felonies, and certain federal crimes. It also redefines "subject to the jurisdiction" for birthright claims, and creates an administrative revocation process with a hearing and limited judicial review.
  • Asylum seekers and refugees: Creates an Asylum and Refugee Status Review Task Force to reexamine all asylum grants, refugee admissions, and status adjustments from January 20, 2021 through January 20, 2025. The Task Force can terminate or revoke status if it finds grants unsupported or unlawful, which can lead to removal after notice and an opportunity to respond.
  • Lawful permanent residents, nonimmigrants, and certain nationals: Allows revocation of LPR status for receipt of means-tested public benefits during the 5 years before enactment. It also terminates nonimmigrant status for defined "serious criminal offenses", authorizes visa or status revocations for nationals of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, or Yemen who entered within the prior 10 years, and creates a deportability ground for public anti-American statements proven by clear and convincing evidence.
  • Other changes: Requires USCIS to adopt a standardized English literacy assessment with minimum passing standards set by regulation within 180 days, and requires repatriation with children for certain denaturalized persons while limiting separation during removal proceedings.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

6 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 5 costs, 1 mixed.

Cancel green cards for benefit use

This bill would let the government revoke a lawful permanent resident's status if they received any means-tested public benefits in the five years before enactment. It would also let the Secretaries cancel visas, green cards, or other benefits for nationals of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, or Yemen who entered the U.S. in the prior 10 years. Revocation would make the person deportable under immigration law.

Limit birthright citizenship for newborns

For children born in the United States on or after enactment, this bill would limit automatic U.S. citizenship. A child would be a citizen only if at least one parent is a U.S. citizen or national, a lawful permanent resident living in the U.S., or a lawfully present service member in the armed forces. The bill says it would not deny citizenship if doing so would make the child stateless.

Revoking citizenship and process changes

This bill would require the government to revoke naturalization for people convicted of listed crimes within 10 years after becoming citizens. USCIS would decide these revocations in an administrative process with a notice, a hearing, and an internal appeal, and court review would be limited to the federal appeals court where the person lives. Anyone denaturalized would generally have to leave the U.S. with their children unless the other parent is a U.S. citizen who keeps custody.

New deportability and visa rules

This bill would add a ground for deporting noncitizens who publicly espouse anti‑American beliefs or affiliations that threaten national security or public safety, based on clear and convincing evidence. It would also require that any nonimmigrant convicted of a serious criminal offense lose their nonimmigrant status as of the conviction date and have any visa revoked. Such people could be placed in removal proceedings, and some could face expedited removal.

Review of asylum, refugee, and adjustments

This bill would create a DHS Task Force to review all asylum grants, refugee admissions, and status adjustments made between Jan 20, 2021 and Jan 20, 2025. The Task Force would check credibility, compliance with law at the time, and country‑condition changes, and it could recommend revoking status after written notice and a chance to respond. The Task Force must report to Congress within 180 days and then yearly until reviews finish.

Standardized English test for naturalization

If you apply for U.S. naturalization, this bill would require passing a standardized English literacy test given by USCIS. USCIS would have to set the test and the minimum passing score by regulation within 180 days after the bill is enacted. You would need to show you can read, write, speak, and understand basic English passages.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]

TN • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 6/25/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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