Modernizes our legal immigration system and fixes backlogs. Allows someone that has been waiting for a legal visa... to pay a $20,000 premium processing fee to receive that visa. Raises the per-country cap... from 7% to 15%... Creates an Immigration Agency Coordinator position to oversee and streamline immigration functions.
Modernize the legal immigration system by reducing backlogs and expanding visa processing options.
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Evidence
Congress.gov lists H.R. 4393 as last acted on July 15, 2025, when it was referred to committee, and the tracker still shows the bill as Introduced rather than passed or enacted.
Salazar's Dignity Act page says the bill would modernize legal immigration by fixing backlogs, offering premium processing for long-waiting visa applicants, raising per-country caps, modernizing student visas, and adding resources to USCIS, the State Department, and the Labor Department to reduce delays and improve visa processing.
Assessments
Maria Elvira Salazar made a serious legislative attempt through the Dignidad Act, which proposed modernizing legal immigration by reducing backlogs and expanding visa processing options, but the evidence shows the bill remained introduced and referred to committee without passage or enactment. That is meaningful effort, but the promised outcome was not delivered.