# 119-s-3215: Putting American Workers First Act

119-s-3215, Putting American Workers First Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3215
- Congress: 119
- Title: Putting American Workers First Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-19
- Sponsor: Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Prohibiting employers and unions from hiring or representing unauthorized aliens.** This bill would add new unfair labor practices to the National Labor Relations Act that target the employment and collective-bargaining representation of individuals the Immigration and Nationality Act defines as unauthorized aliens. - Employers: Makes it an unfair labor practice for an employer to employ, recruit, or hire an individual who is an unauthorized alien. Employers can avoid liability by making a good-faith effort to verify status using the employment verification system described in INA section 274A. - Labor organizations: Makes it an unfair labor practice for a labor organization or its agents to represent an unauthorized alien for purposes of collective bargaining. Labor organizations have a parallel good-faith defense if they use the same federal employment verification system. - Workers: States that discharging an employee who is an unauthorized alien is not evidence that the employer acted with animus against the employee's Section 7 rights or against a labor organization.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] (R-AL), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH] (R-OH), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Ban on hiring unauthorized workers and representation: mixed, medium. If enacted, this bill would make it an unfair labor practice to hire people the INA calls "unauthorized aliens." Labor unions and their agents could not represent those same people in collective bargaining. Employers and unions would have a "good-faith" defense if they used the federal employment v…

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- 119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act
- 119-s-401: Fair Access to Banking Act
- 119-s-382: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025
- 119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-s-1261: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-3215 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3215)

## Related
- [119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-292)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
- [119-s-401: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-401)
- [119-s-382: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-382)
- [119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1816)
- [119-s-1261: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1261)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3215 (as of 2026-04-21).