Mass Immigration Reduction Act of 2024

This Act may be cited as the “Mass Immigration Reduction Act of 2024”.

As used in this Act, the term immigration moratorium means the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, and ending on the date that is 5 years after that date of enactment during which the President submits a report to Congress, which is approved by a joint resolution of Congress, that the flow of illegal immigration has been reduced to less than 10,000 aliens per year and that any increase in legal immigration resulting from termination of the immigration moratorium would have no adverse impact on the wages and working conditions of United States citizens, or the capacity of public schools, public hospitals, and other public facilities to serve the resident population in those localities where immigrants are likely to settle.

Notwithstanding section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, during the immigration moratorium under section 2 in lieu of the worldwide levels of immigration under section 201 of such Act—

Notwithstanding section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, during the immigration moratorium under section 2, in lieu of the number of visas that may be allotted under section 203 of such Act—

During the immigration moratorium under section 2, the Attorney General may not approve any petition for classification under section 204 of the Immigration and Nationality Act except for classification by reason of a family relationship described in section 201(b)(2) of such Act or priority worker status under section 203(b)(1) of such Act. Petitions that may not be approved during the moratorium shall be returned to the persons who filed the petitions.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the immigration moratorium under section 2 the number of refugees who may be admitted under section 207 of such Act, including the number of admissions made available to adjust to the status of permanent residence the status of aliens granted asylum under section 209(b) of such Act, shall not exceed 25,000 in any fiscal year.

During the immigration moratorium, the term immediate relatives for purposes of section 201(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act means the children and spouse of a citizen of the United States.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the immigration moratorium under section 2, in addition to other applicable requirements under the Immigration and Nationality Act an alien may only be naturalized as a citizen of the United States if the alien renounces any nationality or citizenship of any other country.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to an individual born after the date of the enactment of this Act, the individual shall not be a national or citizen at birth under section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401) unless at least one of the individual’s parents is, at the time of birth, a citizen or national of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.