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To remove the incentives and loopholes that encourage illegal aliens to come to the United States to live and work, provide additional resources to local law enforcement and Federal border and immigration officers, and for other purposes.

8/1/2008--Introduced.

Loophole Elimination and Verification Enforcement Act or the LEAVE Act - Revises immigration- and alien-related provisions regarding: (1) alien smuggling and related offenses; (2) identity security; (3) birthright citizenship; (4) housing and homeowneship; (5) taxes and social security; (6) employee verification; (7) financial services; (8) border and law enforcement; (9) state and local government authority; and (10) in-state tuition.

Latest Actions
  • 09/29/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
  • 08/01/2008 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Labor, House Administration, Financial Services, Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 08/01/2008 - Referred to House Judiciary
  • 08/01/2008 - Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
  • 08/01/2008 - Referred to House Education and Labor

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Bill Text
File name Last Updated
H.R.6789 Introduced in House08/08/2008