S. 1: Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-01-22 · Immigration · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S44)

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-01-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S44) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act

Plain summary

Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: 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; allow students who came to America as children to earn citizenship by attending college or joining the Armed Forces; protect the sustainability of the American agricultural industry, including the dairy industry, with a stable and legal agricultural workforce; encourage those who seek to invest in the United States and create American jobs; permit individuals who earn an advanced degree from one of our universities to remain in the United States, rather than using that education to work for our international competitors; fulfill and strengthen our nation's commitments regarding security along our borders and at our ports of entry; 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; create an effective electronic verification system and strengthen enforcement to prevent employers from hiring people illegally; implement a legal immigration system that promotes job creation by converting the current flow of illegal immigrants into the United States into a more manageable and legal process for admitting immigrants while, at the same time, safeguarding the jobs, rights, and wages of American workers; and adopt practical and fair immigration reforms to help ensure family unity.

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Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · 15 cosponsors

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Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s1.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>

Record fed-us-cong113-s1 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113