[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 125 Introduced in House (IH)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 125

To eliminate the exceptions to the prohibition on adjustment of status 
of aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States or who accept 
                        unauthorized employment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2009

 Mr. Gallegly introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To eliminate the exceptions to the prohibition on adjustment of status 
of aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States or who accept 
                        unauthorized employment.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF EXCEPTIONS TO BAR ON ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.

    Section 245(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1255(c)) is amended by striking ``(other than an immediate relative as 
defined in section 201(b) or a special immigrant described in section 
101(a)(27)(H), (I), (J), or (K))''.
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