HOUSE 1010115th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 3/2/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-02Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- 2017-02-13Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2017-02-13Introduced in House
- 2017-02-13Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-13 (00)
Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2017
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) exclude from the definition of "unauthorized alien," with respect to the unlawful employment of aliens, any alien otherwise admitted to and lawfully present in the United States; and (2) consider an alien without lawful status to be an unauthorized alien whose employment is unlawful.
Cosponsors (2)
- Mo Brooks (R-AL)
- Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
Subjects
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Foreign labor
- Immigration status and procedures
- Visas and passports
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