American Labor, Wages, and Sovereignty Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Nov 9, 2017)
American Labor, Wages, and Sovereignty Act or the American LAWS Act
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the diversity immigrant program, and (2) reduce the worldwide fiscal year level for family-sponsored immigration.
Legal Workforce Act
The bill revises the employment eligibility verification process. It also increases employer penalties for the unlawful hiring of illegal aliens.
The bill establishes a nonimmigrant alien visa for the parent of a U.S. citizen who is at least 21 years old.
The Department of Homeland Security shall establish: (1) an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system; (2) programs to block the use of misused social security numbers and suspend the use of social security account numbers of identity fraud victims; and (3) at least two Identity Authentication Employment Eligibility Verification pilot programs using distinct technologies to provide employers with identity authentication and employment verification of new employees.
What just happenedDec 13, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseNov 9, 2017
- Dec 13, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee - Nov 9, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Education and the Workforce Committee - Nov 9, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Ways and Means Committee - Nov 9, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Judiciary Committee - Nov 9, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Nov 9, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House