Tuberville introduced the ASSIMILATION Act, which would end chain migration, eliminate the diversity visa lottery, tighten H-1B and F-1 work authorizations, require E-Verify, raise naturalization standards, and add penalties for visa overstays.
Introduce legislation to end chain migration, eliminate the diversity visa lottery, tighten H-1B and F-1 work authorizations, require E-Verify, raise naturalization standards, and add penalties for visa overstays.
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Evidence
Tuberville’s Senate office said he introduced the ASSIMILATION Act on May 14, 2026. The release says the bill would replace chain migration and lottery-based admissions with a national-interest, merit-based system, eliminate the diversity visa lottery, tighten H-1B and F-1 student work authorizations, require E-Verify nationwide, raise naturalization standards, add penalties for visa overstays, and tighten asylum screenings.
The Senate bill text titled the ASSIMILATION Act states its purposes are to replace family-chain and lottery-based admissions with a merit-based system, eliminate the diversity immigrant category, reform H-1B visas, require employment eligibility verification, and establish additional penalties relating to unlawful presence and visa overstays.
Assessments
The promise was to introduce legislation containing a specific immigration package, not necessarily to enact it. The provided evidence says Tuberville introduced the ASSIMILATION Act on May 14, 2026, during his current Senate term, and both the office announcement and bill text match the promised elements: ending chain migration, eliminating the diversity visa lottery, tightening H-1B and F-1 work authorizations, requiring E-Verify, raising naturalization standards, and adding visa-overstay penalties. Because the promised action was introduction of legislation and Tuberville is credited as introducing it, this counts as delivered in the same term.