S. 5197: State-Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2026

S. 5197 is a federal bill in the 119th Congress. Today, temporary work visas are managed entirely at the federal level by immigration agencies, meaning individual states have no direct authority to bring in workers tailored to their specific labor shortages. Under this bill, individual states can create… See its sponsors, how members voted, and a plain-English breakdown on PolityLens.