Would pause most new visas and green cards until major immigration law changes are made.
This bill, called the PAUSE Act, would stop most new visas and green cards from being issued until several big changes are made to immigration laws. It would also end programs like the Diversity Visa Lottery and Optional Practical Training for international students, and make it much harder for employers to hire H-1B workers. If signed into law, these changes would take effect immediately, and many existing applications would be canceled.
Currently, the U.S. issues various types of visas and green cards, has birthright citizenship for all born in the U.S., and offers certain federal benefits to some non-citizens. The Optional Practical Training and Diversity Visa programs also exist. If this bill passes, most new visas and green cards would stop until other laws are changed, birthright citizenship would be limited, many federal benefits would be denied to non-citizens, and the OPT and Diversity Visa programs would end.
HR 6225 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 4/10
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