US lawmaker proposes bill to eliminate H-1B visa programme, end path to citizenship

Congresswoman from Gerogia, Marjorie Taylor Greene. PIC/AFP

An American lawmaker will be introducing a bill to "completely eliminate" the H-1B visa programme and take away the pathway to citizenship that it offers, "forcing" individuals to "return home" when their visa expires.

"My dear fellow Americans, I'm introducing a bill to completely eliminate the H-1B visa programme, which has been riddled with fraud and abuse and has been displacing American workers for decades," Congresswoman from Gerogia, Marjorie Taylor Greene said in a video posted on X on Thursday.

She said that there will only be one exemption in her bill, which will allow for a 10,000 per year cap on visas issued to medical professionals like doctors and nurses who provide life-saving care to Americans.

Greene however noted that even this 10,000 per year cap will be "phased out" over 10 years to "allow us time to build our own pipeline of American doctors and physicians".

Greene added that her bill will also "take away the pathway to citizenship, forcing visa holders to return home when their visa expires". She further said that the intention of her bill is to restore the "original intent" of the H-1B visa, which was for it to be temporary.

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