HRES 155
113th Congress
House
Immigration
Border security and unlawful immigration
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Racial and ethnic relations
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
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
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