HB 20-14: Your Employees Must Be Legal Residents Act (Passed)

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Passes 5-3-1.

Very interesting partisan breakdown here.

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Your Employees Must Be Legal Residents Act

House Bill

To ensure that organizations receiving federal contracts are employing legal Atlasian residents.

Be it enacted in the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled,

1.  Any organization seeking or holding federal Atlasian government contracts or accepting federal funding which is found to knowingly employ undocumented immigrants will be ineligible for new contracts for two years following the discovery of these immigrants.

   A. The Attorney General shall compile an effective and efficient procedure by which companies can verify the status of their employees. The terms of the above shall apply once the procedure is in place and companies have been given a “reasonable” chance to utilize it.

   B. Contracts that deal with critical defense or emergency related procurement may be given exemption based on the situation, but must be required to take steps to ensure the legality of their workforce going forward and the Department of Internal Affairs shall certify they have done so.

2.  The bill is not affecting contracts or funding for companies, that employed undocumented immigrants without knowing their legal status. Said companies are required to remove any undocumented employees within a period of two months instead.

3. No provision in this bill shall be construed as to condone or legalize any violations of current laws regarding racial profiling and civil rights. Any and all such violations shall be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of existing law at the time of the violation's occurrence.

House of Representatives:
Passed the House of Representatives 5-3-0-1
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