FYI to all social workers and the like: This legislation passed in the House and is due to be considered in the Senate in late March. If this passes as is, those assisting persons known to be illegally in the US would be subject to imprisonment and seizure of property. Good thing we make so much money....
HR 4437 criminalizes organizations and individuals
assisting undocumented immigrants
HR 4437 greatly expands the definition of “alien smuggling” to include assisting a person to remain or attempt to remain in the United States when the “offender” knows the person is in the United States unlawfully – thereby treating social services organizations, refugee agencies, churches, legal services and others the same as smuggling organizations and imposing criminal penalties for providing such assistance. Even family members and charitable workers could face federal prison time for assisting undocumented immigrants.