[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 32 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 32

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand the definition 
 of an unauthorized alien to include aliens who have not been admitted 
  to and are not lawfully present in the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2015

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand the definition 
 of an unauthorized alien to include aliens who have not been admitted 
  to and are not lawfully present in the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Defense of Legal Workers Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. ADMISSION AND LAWFUL PRESENCE REQUIRED FOR EMPLOYMENT 
              AUTHORIZATION.

    Section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1324a(h)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting before ``authorized to be so employed by 
        this Act'' the following: ``an alien otherwise admitted to and 
        lawfully present in the United States, and''; and
            (2) by inserting at the end the following: ``An alien 
        without lawful status shall be considered to be an unauthorized 
        alien for purposes of this Act.''.
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