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113th Congress (2013 - 2014)
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S.1
Latest Title: Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 1/22/2013) Cosponsors (15)
Latest Major Action: 1/22/2013 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SUMMARY AS OF:
1/22/2013--Introduced.
Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should:
- create a roadmap for immigrants who are here without legal status to earn citizenship, provided they pay taxes, complete a background check, learn English, and show a commitment to America;
- allow students who came to America as children to earn citizenship by attending college or joining the Armed Forces;
- protect the sustainability of the American agricultural industry, including the dairy industry, with a stable and legal agricultural workforce;
- encourage those who seek to invest in the United States and create American jobs;
- permit individuals who earn an advanced degree from one of our universities to remain in the United States, rather than using that education to work for our international competitors;
- fulfill and strengthen our nation's commitments regarding security along our borders and at our ports of entry;
- strengthen our nation's historic humanitarian tradition of welcoming asylum seekers and refugees and improve existing policies that support immigrant victims of crime and domestic violence;
- create an effective electronic verification system and strengthen enforcement to prevent employers from hiring people illegally;
- implement a legal immigration system that promotes job creation by converting the current flow of illegal immigrants into the United States into a more manageable and legal process for admitting immigrants while, at the same time, safeguarding the jobs, rights, and wages of American workers; and
- adopt practical and fair immigration reforms to help ensure family unity.
MAJOR ACTIONS:
***NONE***
ALL ACTIONS:
- 1/22/2013:
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S44)
TITLE(S): (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
- SHORT TITLE(S) AS INTRODUCED:
Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act - OFFICIAL TITLE AS INTRODUCED:
A bill to reform America's broken immigration system.
COSPONSORS(15), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
Sen Blumenthal, Richard [CT]
- 1/22/2013
Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA]
- 1/22/2013
Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH]
- 1/22/2013
Sen Coons, Christopher A. [DE]
- 1/22/2013
Sen Durbin, Richard [IL]
- 1/22/2013
Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA]
- 1/22/2013
Sen Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [NY]
- 1/22/2013
Sen Heinrich, Martin [NM]
- 1/22/2013
Sen Hirono, Mazie K. [HI]
- 1/22/2013
Sen Klobuchar, Amy [MN]
- 1/22/2013
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT]
- 1/22/2013
Sen Levin, Carl [MI]
- 1/22/2013
Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ]
- 1/22/2013
Sen Schatz, Brian [HI]
- 1/22/2013
Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY]
- 1/22/2013
COMMITTEE(S):
| Committee/Subcommittee: | Activity: | |
| Senate Judiciary | Referral, In Committee | |
RELATED BILL DETAILS:
- ***NONE***
AMENDMENT(S):
***NONE***
