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To require all new legal permanent residents to pay an additional fee, which shall be used for improving immigration and enhancing the security of the United States border.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Mr. P
AUL
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
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A BILL
To require all new legal permanent residents to pay an additional fee, which shall be used for improving immi-gration and enhancing the security of the United States border.
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 TITLES.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Border Enforcement,
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Security, and Funding Enhancement Act’’ or the ‘‘BE
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SAFE Act’’.
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MDM19314 S.L.C.
SEC. 2. IMMIGRATION IMPROVEMENTS AND BORDER SECU-
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RITY ENHANCEMENTS.
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(a) F
EE
A
UTHORIZED
.—Beginning on the date of the
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enactment of this Act, each alien granted lawful perma-
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nent residence in the United States, before the alien is
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issued a Permanent Resident Card (commonly referred to
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as the ‘‘Green Card’’), shall remit to U.S. Citizenship and
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Immigration Services, in addition to any fees otherwise re-
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quired, a fee in an amount equal to $2,500.
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(b) B
ORDER
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ECURITY
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NHANCEMENT
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UND
.—
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(1) E
STABLISHMENT
.—There is established in
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the general fund of the Treasury a separate account,
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which shall be known as the Border Security En-
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hancement Fund (referred to in this subsection as
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the ‘‘Fund’’).
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(2) D
EPOSITS
.—All fees remitted to U.S. Citi-
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zenship and Immigration Services pursuant to sub-
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section (a) shall be deposited into the Fund.
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(3) U
SE OF FUNDS
.—The President may use
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amounts from the Fund to facilitate the enforcement
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of the immigration laws of the United States and to
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improve immigration-related governmental processes,
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including by—
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(A) constructing border barriers, border
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fencing, or a border wall along the United
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States border;
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