Immigration (Citizenship & Naturalization)

in committee · United States · House Jan 8, 2026

HR 6987: Public Charge Clarification Act of 2026

This bill clarifies and expands the definition of "public charge" for immigration purposes, affecting non-citizens applying for visas, admission, or adjustment of status. It defines a public charge as someone receiving certain government benefits (including SNAP, Medicaid, housing assistance, and income support programs) for more than 12 months within any 36-month period. The determination considers factors like age, health, assets, education, and family status in a holistic assessment, while exempting refugees, asylees, and military dependents. The bill requires the government to publish a comprehensive list of covered benefits within 180 days of enactment.

Topics ✗ HousingOpposes HousingBill includes housing assistance in public charge definition, discouraging non-citizens from accessing housing programs and restricting use of housing aid.85% confidence ✗ ImmigrationOpposes ImmigrationExpands public charge rule, restricting access to SNAP/Medicaid for immigrants applying for visas/status, directly limiting immigrant services per topic indicators.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Citizenship & Naturalization Detention Refugees & Asylum

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in committee · United States · Senate Jul 31, 2025

S 2636: A bill to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022.

This bill prohibits noncitizens from voting in all District of Columbia elections, including local elections for public office and ballot initiatives. It directly affects noncitizen residents of Washington D.C. who previously could vote under the repealed 2022 law. The bill repeals the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022, restoring the prior rule that limited voting in D.C. elections to U.S. citizens. This change would require noncitizen D.C. residents to obtain citizenship to vote in local elections.

Topics ✗ ImmigrationOpposes ImmigrationRestricts noncitizen voting rights, directly limiting immigrant political participation under immigration policy95% confidence

Sub-Topics Citizenship & Naturalization

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in committee · United States · Senate Jan 9, 2025

S 62: America First Act

The America First Act would restrict eligibility for numerous federal benefit programs based on immigration status. It requires verification of citizenship or lawful immigration status for programs including Medicaid, Medicare, Head Start, school meals, WIC, the Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit, and housing assistance. The bill specifically would deny benefits to individuals who are unlawfully present in the U.S. or who have certain immigration statuses including parolees, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients, DACA recipients, and asylum seekers. These provisions would directly affect millions of immigrants and their families who currently qualify for these programs. The bill would also prohibit use of FEMA assistance for certain non-citizens and limit access to postsecondary financial aid based on immigration status.

Topics ✗ Budget & TaxesOpposes Budget & TaxesRestricts eligibility for federal benefits including tax credits (EITC), reducing government spending on programs like Medicaid and WIC.95% confidence ✗ EducationOpposes EducationRestricts school meal and Head Start access by denying benefits to immigrants, limiting educational access for affected students95% confidence ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRestricts Medicaid, Medicare, and WIC eligibility for undocumented immigrants, directly limiting access to healthcare benefits and public health programs.95% confidence ✗ HousingOpposes HousingDenies housing assistance to undocumented immigrants and parolees, restricting access to federal housing benefits95% confidence ✗ ImmigrationOpposes ImmigrationRestricts federal benefits for undocumented and certain immigrant statuses, denying access to Medicaid, housing assistance, and other programs per bill summary.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Income Tax Tax Credits Early Childhood Student Financial Aid Student Health Medicaid Medicare Community Development Property Development Citizenship & Naturalization DACA & Dreamers Work Authorization

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in committee · United States · Senate Feb 25, 2026

S 3917: The Dalilah Law

S 3917, "The Dalilah Law," prohibits states from issuing or renewing commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) to individuals who are not U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or certain nonimmigrant visa holders (like H-2B workers). It requires all current CDL holders to recertify within 180 days of enactment, verifying citizenship/residency status, English proficiency, and passing English-language tests. States that fail to enforce these requirements face withholding of federal transportation funding. The law directly affects commercial drivers and state licensing agencies, with specific rules for visa holders and English language requirements for CDL operations.

Topics ✗ ImmigrationOpposes ImmigrationRestricts CDL access for non-citizens, requiring proof of status and mandating state enforcement, limiting immigrant protections.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Citizenship & Naturalization Driver Licenses & IDs

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in committee · United States · House Jul 29, 2025

HR 4783: COP Act of 2025

HR 4783, the COP Act of 2025, prohibits federal funding for any law enforcement agency that employs a non-citizen as a law enforcement officer. This directly affects state and local police departments or agencies that receive federal grants, requiring them to ensure all sworn officers are U.S. citizens to maintain funding eligibility. The key mechanism is a strict funding cutoff: agencies violating this rule would lose access to federal financial support. The bill focuses solely on altering federal funding eligibility based on officer citizenship status, with no additional provisions or exceptions described.

Topics ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeDefunds agencies employing non-citizen officers, restricting law enforcement staffing policies and funding access per bill's explicit funding cutoff mechanism.95% confidence ✗ ImmigrationOpposes ImmigrationBill restricts non-citizen employment in law enforcement, limiting immigrant access to police roles and aligning with enforcement restrictions.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Law Enforcement Policing Citizenship & Naturalization Enforcement Sanctuary Policies

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in committee · United States · Senate Dec 10, 2025

S 3419: Reuniting Families Act

The Reuniting Families Act (S 3419) aims to reduce family-based visa backlogs and promote family reunification by reclassifying spouses, permanent partners, and minor children of legal permanent residents as immediate relatives. The bill creates new definitions for "permanent partners" (including requirements for committed, intimate relationships), expands relief for widows, widowers, and orphans, and recaptures unused visa numbers from previous years to reduce backlogs. It increases diversity visas from 55,000 to 80,000, addresses the impact of previous travel bans on Muslim and African countries, and provides protections for fiancée children to prevent them from "aging out" of eligibility. The bill also expands cancellation of removal provisions for family members and prohibits removal of aliens with pending immigration applications.

Topics ✓ ImmigrationSupports ImmigrationBill reduces family visa backlogs by reclassifying spouses/children as immediate relatives, directly promoting family reunification per immigration support indicators.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Citizenship & Naturalization

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in committee · United States · Senate Jan 8, 2026

S 3606: Fraud Accountability Act

This bill changes U.S. immigration law to make certain fraud convictions deportable without requiring a minimum fraud loss amount. It targets immigrants (aliens) convicted of fraud against any private individual, fund, corporation, or government entity, removing the previous threshold for deportation. It also adds provisions to revoke citizenship for naturalized citizens convicted of such fraud crimes, requiring courts to cancel their naturalization certificates. The changes apply to fraud committed on or after September 30, 1996, if not previously charged before the bill's enactment.

Topics ✗ ImmigrationOpposes ImmigrationMakes fraud convictions deportable without minimum loss threshold, revoking citizenship for naturalized citizens. Restricts immigrant protections by expanding deportation grounds.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Citizenship & Naturalization Detention Enforcement

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in committee · United States · House Jun 30, 2025

HJRES 103: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to protect American citizenship.

H.J. Res. 103 proposes a constitutional amendment to redefine birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment. The amendment specifies that a person born in the U.S. is only considered "subject to the jurisdiction of the United States" if at least one parent is a U.S. citizen, a lawful permanent resident living in the U.S., or an immigrant with lawful status serving in the military. This would directly affect individuals born in the U.S. to parents not meeting these conditions, such as children of undocumented immigrants or temporary visa holders. The amendment requires ratification by three-fourths of state legislatures within seven years to become part of the Constitution.

Topics ✗ ImmigrationOpposes ImmigrationAmendment restricts birthright citizenship by requiring parent to be citizen/LPR/military, limiting immigrant rights under current policy95% confidence

Sub-Topics Citizenship & Naturalization

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in committee · United States · Senate Dec 9, 2025

S 3391: Accountability for Better Care Act of 2025

The Accountability for Better Care Act of 2025 modifies key provisions of the Affordable Care Act's health insurance subsidies. It extends the premium tax credit period to 2027, increases the income threshold for higher-income households to 600% of the federal poverty level (from 400%), and ensures subsidies never exceed monthly premiums minus $5. The bill also requires U.S. citizenship for eligibility (replacing prior rules for non-citizens), and prohibits health plans covering abortions (except in cases of life endangerment, rape, or incest) from qualifying for subsidies. These changes apply to tax years beginning after December 31, 2025.

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesExtends premium tax credit period and increases income threshold to 600% FPL, expanding tax relief for health insurance subsidies and increasing government spending on this program.90% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareExpands health insurance subsidies by raising income threshold to 600% FPL (from 400%) and extending subsidy period, increasing access for more households. Restrictions (citizenship requirement, abortion coverage ban) are secondary to core expansion.85% confidence ✗ ImmigrationOpposes ImmigrationRequires U.S. citizenship for ACA subsidies, restricting non-citizen immigrants' access to healthcare services.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Tax Credits Insurance Citizenship & Naturalization

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passed · United States · House Jun 4, 2025

HRES 458: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2483) to reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2931) to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate certain offices of the Small Business Administration in sanctuary jurisdictions, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2966) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to require an applicant for certain loans of the Administration to provide certain citizenship status documentation, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2987) to amend the Small Business Act to require a limit on the number of small business lending companies, and for other purposes.

HRES 458 is a procedural resolution that allows the House of Representatives to debate and vote on four separate bills. It sets specific rules for consideration, including time limits for debate and amendments, for bills covering opioid treatment programs (H.R. 2483), relocating Small Business Administration offices in sanctuary jurisdictions (H.R. 2931), requiring citizenship documentation for SBA loans (H.R. 2966), and limiting small business lending companies (H.R. 2987). The resolution itself does not change policy but streamlines the legislative process for these bills. This procedural step enables the House to advance these measures through standard committee and floor procedures.

Topics ✗ ImmigrationOpposes ImmigrationHRES 458 enables consideration of H.R. 2931 (relocating SBA offices in sanctuary jurisdictions) and H.R. 2966 (requiring citizenship documentation for SBA loans), both restricting immigrant access/services.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Citizenship & Naturalization Sanctuary Policies Tags Small Business

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