TITLE

Groups seek to alter immigration-reform bill

AUTHOR(S)

Aston, Geri

PUB. DATE

March 1996

SOURCE

AHA News;3/18/96, Vol. 32 Issue 11, p3

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports that a coalition headed by the American Hospital Association (AHA) is working to strip from a US Senate Judiciary Committee bill a provision that would levy fees on employers, including hospitals, that hire legal foreign workers. Vote to split the immigration-reform measure into two parts; Senator Edward Kennedy's proposed five measure to protect American workers.

ACCESSION #

9604022862

Tags: EMIGRATION & immigration law -- United States;  AMERICAN Hospital Association;  UNITED States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

 

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