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113th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

1st SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

S. 1CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To reform America’s broken immigration system.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

January 22 (legislative day, January 3), 2013CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. BROWN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. COONS, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. LEVIN, and Mr. HEINRICH) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

A BILLCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To reform America’s broken immigration system.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Immigration Reform that Works for America’s Future Act’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) 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;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) allow students who came to America as children to earn citizenship by attending college or joining the Armed Forces;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) protect the sustainability of the American agricultural industry, including the dairy industry, with a stable and legal agricultural workforce;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) encourage those who seek to invest in the United States and create American jobs;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) permit and encourage individuals who earn an advanced degree from one of our world-class universities to remain in the United States, rather than using that education to work for our international competitors;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) fulfill and strengthen our Nation’s commitments regarding security along our borders and at our ports of entry;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(7) 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;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(8) create an effective electronic verification system and strengthen enforcement to prevent employers from hiring people here illegally;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(9) implement a rational legal immigration system that promotes job creation by converting the current flow of illegal immigrants into the United States into a more manageable, controlled, and legal process for admitting immigrants while, at the same time, safeguarding the jobs, rights, and wages of American workers; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(10) adopt practical and fair immigration reforms to help ensure that all families are able to be together.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink