Six Great Immigration Solutions

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The 119th Congress began on January 3, 2025. The success of this Congress to provide Americans with a better immigration policy will be measured by its ability to introduce and pass immigration bills in the categories below.

Mandate E-Verify

S. 1151, the Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Grassley): Makes E-Verify permanent and mandatory within one year, and requires Social Security, Internal Revenue, and Homeland Security to collaborate on a program to identify unauthorized aliens, many of whom also commit some form of identity fraud or theft.

H.R. 251, Legal Workforce Act (Rep. Calvert): Makes E-Verify permanent and mandatory for all U.S. employers, phasing-in its use over a period of a few years. (See Enforcement Challenges: It’s illegal to hire an unauthorized worker…but legal to never verify that authorization.)

Limit Birthright Citizenship

This immigration solution will end the practice of granting automatic “birthright citizenship” to children of tourists or aliens in the country illegally. (See ReEnvisioning: Value of U.S. Citizenship.)

H.R. 569, Birthright Citizenship Act (Rep. Babin)
S. 304, Birthright Citizenship Act (Sen. Graham)

End Chain Migration

These immigration solutions end chain migration of extended family. (See Factsheet: How Chain Migration Works.)

H.R. 2705, Nuclear Family Priority Act (Rep. Crane)
S. 1328, Nuclear Family Priority Act (Sen. Banks)

End the Visa Lottery

This immigration solution will end the visa lottery. (See Immigration Challenges.)

H.R. 1241, the Security and Fairness Enhancement (SAFE) for America Act (Rep. Collins)

No bill has been introduced in the Senate

Reduce Unnecessary Guest Workers

H.R. 2315, the Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act (Rep. Gosar): This immigration solution would end the Optional Practical Training program (OPT) that provides incentives for employers to hire foreign students from U.S. colleges instead of American graduates for high-skill jobs.

S. 2821, the American Tech Workforce Act (Sen. Banks): This immigration solution would end the Optional Practical Training program (OPT) and replace the H-1B lottery with a system where visas are awarded based on the highest wages.

No Great Solutions bill has been introduced in the 119th Congress to reform other visa categories that undermine American workers. (See Immigration Challenges.)