18. Department of Labor and Related Agencies · Major · Needs Congress
Amend the law to let employers prefer hiring American citizens
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“Congress must amend the law so that employers can again have the freedom to make hiring Americans a priority. Despite the significant advantages that preferring citizens over (work-authorized) aliens in hiring would provide to American workers, businesses, and the country at large, such a practice has been illegal since 1986.”
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- Action
- repeal
- Object
- Ban on citizenship preference in hiring (Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986)
- ID
- 1690