H.R. 2705 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Nuclear Family Priority Act
Cosponsors: 47 (0 D, 47 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2025-04-08
Latest action (2025-04-08): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
What H.R. 2705 does, in plain terms
Nuclear Family Priority Act This bill imposes limits on various types of family-sponsored immigration visas. The non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) parents of U.S. citizens shall not qualify for visas for immediate relatives, which are not subject to any direct numerical limits. Currently, the spouses, unmarried children under 21, and parents of citizens are considered immediate relatives. The bill also creates a nonimmigrant visa for such parents of citizens. Such non-U.S. nationals shall not be eligible for employment or any public benefits. The bill also reduces the baseline annual cap for family-sponsored visas from 480,000 to 88,000, and revises the methods for calculating the cap. Currently, the 480,000 cap may be adjusted depending on various factors but shall not be less than 226,000. The bill eliminates preference allocations (visa categories subject to various annual caps) for various family-sponsored visas, including those for the siblings and married children of citizens. The bill provides for a preference allocation for the unmarried children under 21 and spouses of permanent residents, subject to the 88,000 annual cap.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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