Bills on Illegal Immigration

The Virginia General Assembly is considering a cluster of bills targeting illegal immigrants. These are some of the proposals:

House

HB 892 Would prohibit admission of illegal immigrants to public colleges and universities.

HB 1046 Law enforcement would be required to report juveniles to Immigration and Customs Enforcement if the juveniles are illegal immigrants accused of what would be crimes if they were adults.

HB 1048 Employers would be required to obtain proof that a prospective employee is legally eligible for employment in the United States.

HB 1050 Illegal immigrants would be ineligible for any post-secondary educational benefit, including in-state tuition.

HB 1570 Businesses filing legal documents with the state would be required to certify that their directors, managers, other officials and employees are U.S. citizens or legal residents.

Senate

SB 444 Couples would be required to prove citizenship or legal residency to get a marriage license.

SB 629 A business could sue another business in the same field for economic damages if the second business employed people it knew or should have known were illegal immigrants.

SB 677 Illegal immigrants would be barred from receiving in-state tuition at public institutions.