The Nuclear Family Priority Act would significantly reduce family-based immigration to the United States by narrowing who qualifies as an "immediate relative" and cutting family-sponsored immigrant visas. Specifically, the bill removes parents from the definition of immediate relatives (keeping only spouses and children), eliminates several family-sponsored preference categories, and reduces the annual visa cap for family-sponsored immigrants from the current level to 88,000. The legislation also creates a new temporary visa category for parents of adult U.S. citizens aged 21 and older, though these parents would not be allowed to work, could not receive public benefits, and must be sponsored by their adult children with health insurance coverage arranged at no cost to the parent. The changes take effect in the second fiscal year after enactment, with petitions filed after the bill's introduction considered invalid.
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