H.R. 32 · 114th Congress
Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2015
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Lou Barletta
- Introduced
- 2015-01-06
- Latest action
- 2015-02-02 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Summary
Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2015
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.