Americans First Immigration Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8586 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8586 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect American workers and values. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 29, 2026 Mr. Moore of Alabama (for himself, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Hunt, and Mr. Nehls) introduced the following bill; which was 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect American workers and values. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Americans First Immigration Act''. SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF AMERICAN WORKERS AND VALUES. (a) Protection of American Workers.--Chapter 2 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1181 et seq.), as amended by section 5(d), is further amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 220A. PROTECTION OF AMERICAN WORKERS; EMPLOYER ATTESTATION. ``(a) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) Area of employment.--The term `area of employment', with respect to the job for which an employer made a bona fide offer of employment to an alien, means the area within normal commuting distance of the worksite or physical location at which the work of the alien will be performed. If such worksite or location is within a Metropolitan Statistical Area, any place within such area is deemed to be within such area of employment. ``(2) Essentially the equivalent.--The term `essentially the equivalent', with resp