Agricultural Employment and Workforce Protection Act of 2005
Latest action · Dec 13, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedDec 13, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Agricultural Employment and Workforce Protection Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) prepare and submit to Congress a comprehensive plan, including detailed strategies, timelines, and estimated costs, to establish operational control of U.S. borders and effectively enforce immigration laws within the United States; (2) develop a plan for using Department of Defense (DOD) equipment for surveillance of U.S. international land borders; and (3) increase the number of full-time Customs and Border Protection Officers. Authorizes the Secretary to construct additional land ports of entry to enhance U.S. border security.
Authorizes state or local law enforcement officials to assist in the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to: (1) require the Secretary to accept custody of illegal aliens held by state or local law enforcement officials; (2) reimburse states and local governments for the costs of holding and transporting such aliens; and (3) make aliens who are members of criminal street gangs ineligible for admission to the United States.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) hire additional personnel to investigate immigration status violations; (2) provide the National Crime Information Center with information on certain classes of illegal aliens; and (3) build or acquire additional alien detention facilities.
Amends the INA to: (1) revise requirements for the H-2A visa (temporary agricultural workers); (2) establish a cross-border commuter worker program (H-2AA) to allow Canadian and Mexican workers to enter and exit the United States for work purposes each day; and (3) establish a blue card program for undocumented agricultural workers who have at least 1600 hours of agricultural employment in the United States in 2005 and have no criminal record. Allows such workers to work in the United States for two years.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 16, 2006 to Mar 28, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Trent Lott | Mar 16, 2006 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Mar 27, 2006 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Mar 28, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Dec 13, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Dec 13, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13504-130505)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Admission of nonimmigrants
- Agricultural labor
- Agriculture and Food
- Alien labor
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arrest
- Border patrols
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal aliens
- Criminal investigation
- Criminal justice information
- Customs administration
- Data banks
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of State
- Deportation
- Detention of persons
- Drone aircraft
- Federal law enforcement officers
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Gangs
- Government Operations and Politics
- Identification devices
- Identification of criminals
- Illegal aliens
- Immigration
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Legal aid
- Military base closures
- Military civic action
- Police
- Prisons
- Recruiting of employees
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Temporary employment
- Visas
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2005Introduced in Senate
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