Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
The Americans First Immigration Act seeks to overhaul U.S. immigration policy by prioritizing American workers and limiting family-based immigration while establishing new employment-based pathways. The bill requires employers hiring foreign workers to attest they actively recruited U.S. workers, offered equivalent positions to Americans, and will not lay off U.S. workers during the foreign worker's employment, with violations subject to penalties between $5,000 and $50,000. It replaces the current employment-based visa system with a points-based system capped at 192,000 visas annually, awarding points based on salary, education, English proficiency, age, military service, and extraordinary achievement, while eliminating the diversity visa lottery program and narrowing family immigration to nuclear family relationships only. The bill also requires immigrants to attest support for the U.S. Constitution and bars those involved in human rights abuses, establishes a two-year conditional permanent resident status for employment-based immigrants, and clarifies that states are not required to provide in-state tuition or education benefits to non-permanent residents. These provisions take effect immediately upon enactment, though previously approved petitions are generally allowed to process through fiscal year 2028.
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