American Dream Employment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1095
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-04-09
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Congressional officers and employees

Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures
Latest action: action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>American Dream Employment Act of 201</b><b>9</b></p> <p>This bill permits the compensation of congressional employees who hold a current employment authorization document that was issued under the Department of Homeland Security Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program. </p> <p>The program enables many unlawfully present aliens who came to the United States as children to be granted deferred action (a type of relief from removal which does not confer immigration status) and work authorization.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1095 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 9, 2019 Ms. Harris (for herself, Ms. Cortez Masto , Mr. Durbin , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Bennet , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Booker , Mr. Brown , Mr. Carper , Mr. Casey , Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Hirono , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Markey , Mr. Menendez , Mr. Merkley , Mrs. Murray , Ms. Rosen , Mr. Sanders , Ms. Smith , Mr. Van Hollen , Ms. Warren , and Mr. Wyden ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To enable the payment of certain officers and employees of the United States whose employment is authorized under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Dream Employment Act of 2019 . 2. Certain Federal employees who are beneficiaries of DACA authorized to be paid Section 704 of title VII of division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 ( Public Law 116–6 ) is amended— (1) by striking eligible; or and inserting eligible; ; and (2) by striking allegiance to the United States: and inserting allegiance to the United States; or (5) is a person who is employed by the House of Representatives or the Senate, and holds a current employment authorization document that was issued under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program of the Secretary of Homeland Security, established pursuant to the memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children , dated June 15, 2012: .