United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1010 (115th)
Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2017
Introduced
13 February 2017
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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Summary
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.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 13 February 2017
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Introduced in House · EN · 13 February 2017
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 13 February 2017
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1010
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1010