Americans First Immigration Act
Sponsored By: Representative Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create a nationwide points‑based immigrant visa program that ranks applicants by education, wages, age, English, and extraordinary achievements. It would pair that system with new employer attestations to protect American workers and end the Diversity Visa lottery in favor of a dedicated religious‑worker allocation.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 4 mixed.
Employer hiring and penalty rules
If enacted, employers who offer jobs to points‑based immigrants would need to show they tried to recruit U.S. workers before making an offer and must guarantee the wage for three years. Employers must keep recruitment records and promise not to lay off similar U.S. workers from 90 days before attesting through the alien's employment. The bill would let the Secretary fine employers up to $5,000 per violation, $15,000 for willful violations, and $50,000 for willful violations that cause a layoff, with annual CPI‑U indexing after January 1, 2028. Complaints can trigger Labor Department investigations and binding arbitration under FMCS.
Family visa and age rule changes
If enacted, the bill would change family visa counting and who qualifies as an immediate relative. It would set a 'nuclear family' level at 87,934 (with a formula tied to certain parolees), make 75% of some visas available without a numerical limit, and remove parents from the immediate‑relative list. It would also fix a beneficiary's age as of the petition filing date but say a beneficiary who marries or turns 25 before a visa is issued does not meet the age test.
New nationwide points immigration
If enacted, the bill would create a nationwide points‑based system for employment immigrant visas decided under a new petition process. Applicants would be scored on pay, education, English, age, military service, and achievement and must have at least 16 points to be selectable. The government would rank candidates and choose from the list at least four times a year. The bill would also bar filing or approval of many older employment petitions after enactment and require petitions to meet new salary, age (18–51), and English score rules.
School and college charges for non‑LPRs
If enacted, the bill would say at the federal level that people not lawfully admitted for permanent residence are not entitled to public education 'in the same manner' as citizens and LPRs. It would also require colleges to charge non‑LPR students at least the nonresident (out‑of‑state) tuition, fees, and costs for the same workload for amounts paid after enactment. The law would bar charging U.S. citizens more than the amount charged to such non‑LPR students for the same workload.
End diversity lottery; religious visas
If enacted, the bill would end the Diversity Visa (lottery) program and replace it with a global cap of 3,000 religious‑worker visas per year. It would require pending religious‑worker petitions filed under the old rules to be decided under the new rules and preserve some priority dates. The bill would also allow up to 6,940 visas for certain non‑religious special‑immigrant beneficiaries who had approved petitions before enactment.
Repeal small EB‑5 rule
If enacted, the bill would repeal section 107 of the EB‑5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022. This would remove that specific EB‑5 statutory provision and mainly affect investor‑immigrant applicants and program administration.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]
AL • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
WI • R
Sponsored 4/29/2026
Hunt
TX • R
Sponsored 4/29/2026
Nehls
TX • R
Sponsored 4/29/2026
Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]
CA • R
Sponsored 4/30/2026
Jack
GA • R
Sponsored 5/4/2026
Rep. Fuller, Clay [R-GA-14]
GA • R
Sponsored 5/13/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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