Requiring employers to recruit American workers first and ensure foreign labor does not displace U.S. workers.
Require employers to recruit American workers first and ensure foreign labor does not displace U.S. workers.
Occurrences
An employer must attest that, before making a bona fide job offer to an alien, it took good faith steps to recruit United States workers and offered the job to any United States worker who applied and was equally or better qualified; the employer also attests it did not and will not lay off U.S. workers and will employ the alien at the promised wage rate for 3 years.
The bill would require an employer to attest that, before making a bona fide job offer to the alien, the employer took good faith steps to recruit United States workers for the job and offered the job to any United States worker who applied and was equally or better qualified.
introduced the Americans First Immigration Act to put American workers first ... sweeping legislation that will overhaul the nation's legal immigration system by prioritizing American workers
Evidence
Bill H.R.8586 (Americans First Immigration Act) introduced by Rep. Barry Moore includes an employer attestation requiring employers to take 'good faith steps to recruit United States workers' and prohibiting layoffs that would displace U.S. workers.
Moore's official press release states the bill 'requires employers to recruit American workers first and ensure foreign labor does not displace U.S. workers.'
Assessments
Rep. Barry Moore sponsored and introduced H.R. 8586 (Americans First Immigration Act) in April 2026, and the bill text and his press release explicitly include an employer attestation to recruit U.S. workers first and provisions prohibiting layoffs that would displace American workers. However, the measure has only been introduced and remains in committee (not enacted into law), so the promise was advanced legislatively but not delivered as law.