Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1010
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2017-02-13
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2017</strong></p> <p> This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) exclude from the definition of &quot;unauthorized alien,&quot; 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.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1010 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2017 Mr. Barletta introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand the definition of an unauthorized alien to include aliens who have not been admitted to and are not lawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2017 . 2. Admission and lawful presence required for employment authorization Section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3) ) is amended— (1) by inserting before authorized to be so employed by this Act the following: an alien otherwise admitted to and lawfully present in the United States, and ; and (2) by inserting at the end the following: An alien without lawful status shall be considered to be an unauthorized alien for purposes of this Act. .