A bill to prevent the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program unlawfully created by Executive memorandum on August 15, 2012.

Bill: 113-s-2631
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2014-07-17
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Border security and unlawful immigration

Child safety and welfare

Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-21
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 473.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: Prohibits any federal agency or instrumentality from using federal funding or resources to: (1) consider or adjudicate any new or previously denied application of any alien requesting consideration of deferred action for childhood arrivals, as authorized by Executive memorandum on August 15, 2012; or (2) authorize any alien to work in the United States who was not lawfully admitted into the United States and who is not in lawful status in the United States on the date of enactment of this Act.

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 473 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2631 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 17, 2014 Mr. Cruz (for himself and Mr. Sessions ) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time July 21, 2014 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL To prevent the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program unlawfully created by Executive memorandum on August 15, 2012.

1. Limitation on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals; restrictions on employment authorization for aliens not in lawful status No agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government may use Federal funding or resources— (1) to consider or adjudicate any new or previously denied application of any alien requesting consideration of deferred action for childhood arrivals, as authorized by Executive memorandum on August 15, 2012; or (2) to authorize any alien to work in the United States if such alien— (A) was not lawfully admitted into the United States in compliance with the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.); and (B) is not in lawful status in the United States on the date of the enactment of this Act.

July 21, 2014 Read the second time and placed on the calendar