To improve the security clearance process along the United States-Mexico border, to increase the number of detention beds, and for other purposes.
Latest action · May 10, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 9, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) ensure that Department of Homeland Security personnel along the U.S.-Mexico border have the security clearances required to access information to adequately screen entering immigrants; (2) develop the interagency agreements and information technology infrastructure necessary for such screening; (3) explore information sharing programs with countries of interest; and (4) increase by the amount necessary the number of detention beds needed to detain all immigrants apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Office of Detention and Removal Operations should be placed under the operational control of the Commissioner of CBP (currently, under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
Requires the Secretary to: (1) contract with an independent entity to study the necessary level and allocation of personnel at U.S. ports of entry and border patrol sectors; (2) provide ongoing training for all border security personnel; and (3) submit a report on detention and removal operations and a unified, comprehensive border security strategy to appropriate congressional committees.
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) prosecutors and immigration judges are critical for the prompt and proper enforcement of immigration laws and are an important part of a comprehensive strategy; and (2) there is an insufficient number of prosecutors and immigration judges for immigration enforcement. Authorizes appropriations for staff increases.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 9, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Mar 9, 2005 |
| R-TX | Henry Bonilla | Original | Mar 9, 2005 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Mar 9, 2005 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | Mar 9, 2005 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Mar 9, 2005 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 10, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
- Apr 4, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
- Mar 17, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
- Mar 17, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight.
- Mar 9, 2005Introduced in House
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Arizona
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Border patrols
- Boundaries
- California
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal aliens
- Data banks
- Department of Homeland Security
- Deportation
- Detention of persons
- Executive reorganization
- Federal employees
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Identification devices
- Identification of criminals
- Immigrants
- Immigration
- Information technology
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Judges
- Labor and Employment
- Latin America
- Law
- Mexico
- New Mexico
- Police training
- Prison alternatives
- Public prosecutors
- Recruiting of employees
- Risk
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security clearances
- Security measures
- Technological innovations
- Terrorism
- Texas
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2005Introduced in House
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