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
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1