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HR 1010 115th Congress House Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Visas and passports

Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2017

Introduced: February 13, 2017 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 115th Congress (2017–2018) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 2, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Feb 13, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 13, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now March 2, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Jan 5, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1010: Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1010/
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"H.R. 1010: Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1010/.
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H.R. 1010, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1010/.
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