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II
Calendar No.
144
110
TH
CONGRESS1
ST
S
ESSION
 
S. 1348
To provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
M
 AY
9, 2007Mr. R
EID
(for himself, Mr. L
EAHY
, Mr. K 
ENNEDY
, Mr. M
ENENDEZ
, and Mr.S
 ALAZAR
) introduced the following bill; which was read the first timeM
 AY
10, 2007Read the second time and placed on the calendar
A BILL
To provide for comprehensive immigration reform and forother purposes.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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(a) S
HORT
T
ITLE
.—This Act may be cited as the
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‘‘Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007’’.
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(b) T
 ABLE OF
C
ONTENTS
.—The table of contents for
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this Act is as follows:
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Sec.1.Short title; table of contents.Sec.2.Reference to the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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Sec.3.Definitions.Sec.4.Severability.TITLE I—BORDER ENFORCEMENTSubtitle A—Assets for Controlling United States BordersSec.101.Enforcement personnel.Sec.102.Technological assets.Sec.103.Infrastructure.Sec.104.Border Patrol checkpoints.Sec.105.Ports of entry.Sec.106.Construction of strategic border fencing and vehicle barriers.Subtitle B—Border Security Plans, Strategies, and ReportsSec.111.Surveillance plan.Sec.112.National Strategy for Border Security.Sec.113.Reports on improving the exchange of information on North Amer-ican security.Sec.114.Improving the security of Mexico’s southern border.Sec.115.Combating human smuggling.Sec.116.Deaths at United States-Mexico border.Sec.117.Cooperation with the Government of Mexico.Subtitle C—Other Border Security InitiativesSec.121.Biometric data enhancements.Sec.122.Secure communication.Sec.123.Border Patrol training capacity review.Sec.124.US–VISIT System.Sec.125.Document fraud detection.Sec.126.Improved document integrity.Sec.127.Cancellation of visas.Sec.128.Biometric entry-exit system.Sec.129.Border study.Sec.130.Secure Border Initiative financial accountability.Sec.131.Mandatory detention for aliens apprehended at or between ports of entry.Sec.132.Evasion of inspection or violation of arrival, reporting, entry, or clear-ance requirements.Sec.133.Temporary National Guard support for securing the southern land border of the United States.Sec.134.Report on incentives to encourage certain members and former mem- bers of the Armed Forces to serve in United States Customsand Border Protection.Sec.135.Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative.Subtitle D—Border Law Enforcement Relief ActSec.141.Short title.Sec.142.Findings.Sec.143.Border relief grant program.Sec.144.Enforcement of Federal immigration law.Subtitle E—Rapid Response MeasuresSec.151.Deployment of Border Patrol agents.
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Sec.152.Border Patrol major assets.Sec.153.Electronic equipment.Sec.154.Personal equipment.Sec.155.Authorization of appropriations.TITLE II—INTERIOR ENFORCEMENTSec.201.Removal and denial of benefits to terrorist aliens.Sec.202.Detention and removal of aliens ordered removed.Sec.203.Aggravated felony.Sec.204.Terrorist bars.Sec.205.Increased criminal penalties related to gang violence, removal, andalien smuggling.Sec.206.Illegal entry.Sec.207.Illegal reentry.Sec.208.Reform of passport, visa, and Immigration fraud offenses.Sec.209.Inadmissibility and removal for passport and immigration fraud of-fenses.Sec.210.Incarceration of criminal aliens.Sec.211.Encouraging aliens to depart voluntarily.Sec.212.Deterring aliens ordered removed from remaining in the UnitedStates unlawfully.Sec.213.Prohibition of the sale of firearms to, or the possession of firearms by certain aliens.Sec.214.Uniform statute of limitations for certain immigration, naturalization,and peonage offenses.Sec.215.Diplomatic Security Service.Sec.216.Field agent allocation and background checks.Sec.217.Construction.Sec.218.State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.Sec.219.Transportation and processing of illegal aliens apprehended by Stateand local law enforcement officers.Sec.220.Reducing illegal immigration and alien smuggling on tribal lands.Sec.221.Alternatives to detention.Sec.222.Conforming amendment.Sec.223.Reporting requirements.Sec.224.State and local enforcement of Federal immigration laws.Sec.225.Removal of drunk drivers.Sec.226.Medical services in underserved areas.Sec.227.Expedited removal.Sec.228.Protecting immigrants from convicted sex offenders.Sec.229.Law enforcement authority of States and political subdivisions andtransfer to Federal custody.Sec.230.Laundering of monetary instruments.Sec.231.Listing of Immigration violators in the National Crime InformationCenter database.Sec.232.Cooperative enforcement programs.Sec.233.Increase of Federal detention space and the utilization of facilitiesidentified for closures as a result of the Defense Base ClosureRealignment Act of 1990.Sec.234.Determination of immigration status of individuals charged with Fed-eral offenses.Sec.235.Expansion of the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transfer System.TITLE III—UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS
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