To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that employment authorization is only available to aliens who are lawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that employment authorization is only available to aliens who are lawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Education, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H6ADB1B5E8C6543B39F09AC87F400D8A2: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tough Love Act.
- Section HBD093B60CCBB4C688F49961E3BE5F608: 2. Reserving employment authorization for lawfully present aliens Title I of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended by adding...
- Section H5269BF97B9F14FA0AEDED6ADC4904B48: 107. Reserving employment authorization for lawfully present aliens The Secretary of Homeland Security shall only authorize any employment authorized...
- Section HC8DC6EF1E32248CF9AADA7153252EA8B: 3. Mandatory detention for aliens ordered removed Section 241(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(a)) is amended— in paragraph (1)(C), by...
- Section HD32C9AF181AB40B2B6D4221BAB704A44: 4. Restriction on providing medical care to aliens without lawful immigration status Beginning in the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that employment authorization is only available to aliens who are lawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Education, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that employment authorization is only available to aliens who are lawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Arrington introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_education"
- → Secretary of Education
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
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