Alien Employment Act

Summary

Alien Employment Act - Provides, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, that any person who willfully or knowingly, or who in the exercise of due diligence should know, employs, whether as an agent or as an employer, or refers, for a fee, an alien for employment by an employer, or refers for employment, any alien in the United States who is not lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, unless the employment of such alien is authorized by the Attorney General, shall be guilty of misdemeanor and shall be punished for a first offense by a fine not in excess of $1,000 for each alien with respect to whom a violation occurs, and for any subsequent offense such person shall be fined not exceeding $1,000 or imprisoned for not exceeding one year, or both, for each such alien with respect to whom such a violation occurs. Assigns responsibilities to the Social Security Administration relating to the issuance of account numbers for persons covered by this Act. Assigns duties to the Attorney General pertaining to the enforcement of provisions of this Act. Exempts from the provisions of this Act specified nonimmigrant agricultural labor force personnel lawfully admitted to the United States.

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Timeline

1. 12 June 1975

   Introduced

   Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 12 June 1975

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 12 June 1975

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Brock, Bill [R-TN] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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