Equal Protection for American Workers Act

Bill: 115-hr-1463
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-03-09
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Equal Protection for American Workers Act </strong></p> <p> This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from granting a work authorization to an alien who has been determined, in a valid immigration proceeding during which due process was afforded, to have been at any time unlawfully present in the United States.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1463 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 9, 2017 Mr. Burgess introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from granting a work authorization to an alien found to have been unlawfully present in the United States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Equal Protection for American Workers Act . 2. Prohibition on certain work authorizations Effective beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security is prohibited from granting a work authorization to an alien who has been finally determined, in a valid immigration proceeding during which due process was afforded, to have been at any time unlawfully present in the United States.