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HRES 155 113th Congress House

Expressing the necessity for the Members of the House of Representatives to use the term "undocumented" instead of the term "illegal" when referring to foreign nationals which are working in the…

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Official title: Expressing the necessity for the Members of the House of Representatives to use the term "undocumented" instead of the term "illegal" when referring to foreign nationals which are working in the United States without proper documentation.

Introduced: April 12, 2013 See on congress.gov
Immigration Border security and unlawful immigrationHouse of RepresentativesMembers of CongressRacial and ethnic relations
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Apr 30, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Apr 12, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 12, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 30, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

States that: (1) members of the House of Representatives should no longer use the term "illegal immigrant" because no human being is illegal; (2) human beings need to be central in immigration discussions; and (3) foreign national, undocumented immigrant, unauthorized immigrant, immigrant without papers and immigrant seeking status are examples of terms we can use that do not dehumanize people.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Apr 30, 2013
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Apr 30, 2013
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Apr 23, 2013
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 23, 2013
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 155: Expressing the necessity for the Members of the House of Representatives to use the term "undocumented" instead of the term "illegal" when referring to foreign nationals which are working in the United States without proper documentation.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-155/
MLA
"H. Res. 155: Expressing the necessity for the Members of the House of Representatives to use the term "undocumented" instead of the term "illegal" when referring to foreign nationals which are working in the United States without proper documentation.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-155/.
Bluebook (legal)
H. Res. 155, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-155/.
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[H. Res. 155: Expressing the necessity for the Members of the House of Representatives to use the term "undocumented" instead of the term "illegal" when referring to foreign nationals which are working in the United States without proper documentation.](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-155/)
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