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Equal Protection for American Workers Act

H.R. 205 · 114th Congress · Jan 8, 2015 · Lineage

A BILL

To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from granting a work authorization to an alien found to have been unlawfully present in the United States.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Equal Protection for American Workers Act”.

Sec. 2 Prohibition on certain work authorizations

Effective beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security is prohibited from granting a work authorization to an alien who has been finally determined, in a valid immigration proceeding during which due process was afforded, to have been at any time unlawfully present in the United States.