Texas Dreamer Work Authorization Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6922 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6922

To grant the Secretary of Homeland Security express statutory authority 
  to issue Employment Authorization Documents to individuals granted 
deferred action under the DACA policy, thereby superseding any judicial 
    interpretation or injunction that restricts such authorization.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 23, 2025

Ms. De La Cruz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To grant the Secretary of Homeland Security express statutory authority 
  to issue Employment Authorization Documents to individuals granted 
deferred action under the DACA policy, thereby superseding any judicial 
    interpretation or injunction that restricts such authorization.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Texas Dreamer Work Authorization Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (hereinafter 
        in this section referred to as ``DACA'') policy has allowed 
        hundreds of thousands of individuals brought to the United 
        States as children to contribute significantly to the economy, 
        national security, and communities across the nation.
            (2) The granting of employment authorization to DACA 
        recipients is critical to their ability to provide for their 
        families, pay taxes, and utilize their education and skills, 
        benefitting the entire country.
            (3) Recent judicial decisions have created uncertainty and 
        an unequal application of the DACA policy, particularly by 
        blocking the granting of work authorization for new applicants 
        residing in certain jurisdictions, including the State of 
        Texas.
            (4) It is the express intent of Congress to ensure uniform 
        and continued access to employment authorization for all 
        eligible DACA applicants nationwide, including first-time 
        applicants, by providing clear statutory authority.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to grant the Secretary of 
Homeland Security express statutory authority to issue Employment 
Authorization Documents (EADs) to individuals granted deferred action 
under the DACA policy, thereby superseding any judicial interpretation 
or injunction that restricts such authorization.

SEC. 3. EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION FOR DACA RECIPIENTS.

    Section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1324a) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Employment Authorization for DACA Recipients.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, including any judicial order to the contrary, the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security shall authorize for employment 
        any alien who is granted deferred action under DACA, or any 
        successor policy.
            ``(2) New applicants.--The Secretary of Homeland Security 
        shall ensure that each applicant for DACA who has not 
        previously submitted such an application and who meets all 
        other established DACA eligibility criteria (including any 
        applicant residing in a jurisdiction previously subject to 
        employment authorization restrictions) is eligible for and is 
        issued authorization for employment concurrently with the grant 
        of deferred action.
            ``(3) DACA.--In this subsection, the term `DACA' means the 
        policy set forth in the memorandum of the Department of 
        Homeland Security entitled `Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion 
        with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as 
        Children' issued on June 15, 2012.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment.
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