DeSantis blasts H-1B “scam” and chain migration

Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis questioned mass immigration, called the H-1B program “a scam,” and criticized chain migration for failing the national interest.

The Florida governor specifically called out members of his own party who support mass immigration “as long as its legal.” Due to chain migration policies, the U.S. issues more than one million permanent work permits (green cards) every year. On top of that, the government runs an alphabet soup of government programs that displace qualified Americans with exploitable guest workers.

Not many in Congress oppose mass immigration

Only 7 out of 535 Members of Congress (1.3%) are backing bills to end chain migration.
Only 12 in the House are supporting a bill to stop the OPT program that displaces young grads.
And not a single Senator has introduced a bill this year to rein in the H-1B program.

You’ll find a good many politicians echoing DeSantis’ points above, but we grade every Member of Congress on their actions! This is how we know who is truly committed to achieving a better immigration policy.

End chain migration; lower immigration

Mass immigration – currently running at over 1 million – redistributes half a trillion dollars every year from the working class to the investment class.

No bill would do more to lower immigration than the Nuclear Family Priority Act, which ends chain migration and focuses on spouses, minor children, and skills.

In the House, only 5 representatives have signed on to Rep. Eli Crane’s Nuclear Family Priority Act (H.R. 2705):

In the Senate, Sen. Jim Banks [R-IN] stands alone in his commitment to the upper chamber’s version of the Nuclear Family Priority Act (S. 1328).

Only 7 out of 535 Members of Congress (1.3%) are willing to end chain migration.

Stop the scam; cut H-1Bs / end OPT

Three years ago, Sen. Banks himself introduced a Great Immigration Solutions bill, the American Tech Workforce Act, that would help stop corporations from using H1-B and OPT programs to displace American workers in order to lower wages in tech industries.

No one in Congress has re-introduced the American Tech Workforce Act so far in 2025. That means the H-1B program, which former Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall described as “one of the best con jobs ever done on the American public and political systems” rolls on unchecked.

In the House, 11 representatives have signed on to Rep. Paul Gosar’s (AZ-09) Fairness for High Skilled Americans Act (H.R. 2315) to end the OPT program that gives discounts to employers who DO NOT hire Americans:

Rep. Tom Tiffany (WI-07) is introducing the CAP Act to close the H-1B cap exemption universities use to avoid hiring Americans – but right now there are no bills in the Senate to address the H-1B or OPT programs.