Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2007
Latest action · Jul 17, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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.
- IntroducedMay 21, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 - Increases the number of: (1) full-time Border Patrol agents; and (2) immigration-related workplace enforcement personnel.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish an employment eligibility verification system. Sets forth program provisions. Authorizes, and subsequently requires, the use of such system for previously hired individuals and for recruiting and referrals.
Provides expedited removal for certain illegal aliens from a country that is not contiguous to the United States who are apprehended within 100 miles of a U.S. port or land border.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish: (1) a nonimmigrant seasonal agricultural worker program (W-visa), which shall include annual numerical limitations and monthly limitations based on agricultural employment region; and (2) a trust fund to administer and enforce the program and provide a monetary incentive for such workers to return to their countries upon visa expiration. Prohibits status adjustment for such workers.
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide lawful status (which shall not be considered as permanent resident status) for qualifying aliens who have been in continuous unlawful residence in the United States since before January 1, 2002. Sets forth program provisions, including: (1) imposition of a $1,000 fine; and (2) prohibition of derivative lawful status for family members.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 21, 2007 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Jun 25, 2007 | |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred May 21, 2007 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred May 29, 2007 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 21, 2007 |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred Jul 17, 2007 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Jun 25, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- May 29, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
- May 21, 2007Introduced in House
- May 21, 2007Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL32044 | Immigration: Policy Considerations Related to Guest Worker Programs Archived | Report | Mar 16, 2010 |
| RL33109 | Immigration Policy on Expedited Removal of Aliens Archived | Report | Jan 30, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for an increase in border patrol agents and other immigration enforcement activities, for a temporary agricultural worker program, and for a program to adjust the status of certain qualified long-term residents.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Admission of nonimmigrants
- Agricultural labor
- Agriculture and Food
- Alien labor
- Aliens
- Border patrols
- Boundaries
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Data banks
- Department of Homeland Security
- Deportation
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic data interchange
- Electronic government information
- Families
- Federal employees
- Federal law enforcement officers
- Fines (Penalties)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Illegal aliens
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Recruiting of employees
- Repatriation
- Residence requirements
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Seasonal labor
- Visas
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
