PA Bills would stop construction firms from hiring undocumented workers

From the POST-GAZETTE:

Powerful opponents remain to two bills that would stop Pennsylvania construction firms from hiring undocumented, illegal immigrants, but the measures easily sailed through the state House Tuesday.

House Bill 1502, which bars contractors and subcontractors who hire illegal immigrants from bidding on state construction contracts, was approved 188 to 6. A few minutes later, House Bill 1503, which would take away state licenses and certifications from private contractors using such hiring practices, passed 188 to 7.

“These bills target contractors who cheat, who use a cheap, illegal work force for profit and push hard-working Pennsylvanians onto the unemployment rolls,” said Rep. John Galloway, D-Bucks, the main sponsor…

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