S. 1 · 113th Congress
Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act
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Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should:
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jan 22, 2013
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act
Latest action (Jan 22, 2013): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S44)
Policy area: Immigration · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jan 22, 2013
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.