Policy changes to visa and citizenship tests represent substantive administrative action affecting immigrant pathways to legal status. A-score: election(2.5) reflects immigration as campaign issue but not direct electoral manipulation; rule_of_law(3.0) for administrative procedure changes affecting legal immigration framework; separation(1.5) for executive action within administrative authority; civil_rights(3.5) for direct impact on immigrant access to citizenship/legal status, though within executive discretion; capture(1.0) minimal; corruption(0.5) minimal; violence(0) none. Severity: durability(1.1) administrative changes can persist, reversibility(0.95) future admin can modify, precedent(1.05) moderate precedential weight. Mechanism modifier 1.15 for policy_change with federal scope modifier 1.2, moderate population affected. Base 17.22 × 1.10 = 24.6. B-score: Layer1 outrage_bait(6.5) immigration highly polarizing, meme_ability(4.0) moderate, novelty(3.5) policy adjustments not unprecedented, media_friendliness(7.0) immigration generates coverage = 11.6. Layer2 mismatch(3.0) moderate substance-hype gap, timing(4.5) early admin action, narrative_pivot(3.5) immigration narrative, pattern_match(5.0) fits Trump immigration focus = 7.2. Intentionality 7/15 (0.55 weight) for immigration wedge issue. Final B: 11.6×0.55 + 7.2×0.45×0.55 = 8.2. D-score: +16.4 favors List A. Constitutional damage exceeds distraction with real policy impact on immigration system.