Mass Immigration Reduction Act of 2001

H.R. 2712, the Mass Immigration Reduction Act of 2001, proposed a temporary moratorium on most forms of legal immigration to the United States. The bill sought to eliminate diversity and family-sponsored visas while significantly reducing employment-based visas, limiting permanent residency primarily to the spouses and children of U.S. citizens. Additionally, it proposed a yearly cap of 25,000 for refugees and asylum seekers and would have required individuals to formally renounce any other foreign citizenships before becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen.