3.0.0 2377 2023-01-13T04:48:51Z 2023-01-13T04:48:51Z Senate S S 2006-03-07 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-03-07T17:04:08Z Border Security and Interior Enforcement Improvement Act of 2006 109 2368 S 2006-03-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2006-03-07 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2006-03-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin N S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2006-03-07 True C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2006-03-07 True Immigration Administrative remedies Alien labor Armed Forces and National Security Arrest Authorization Border patrols Burglary Citizenship Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congressional reporting requirements Counterfeiting Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal aliens Criminal justice information Data banks Department of Homeland Security Department of Justice Deportation Detention of persons Driver licenses Drone aircraft Drug abuse Drug traffic Economics and Public Finance Education Employers' liability Evidence (Law) Executive reorganization Federal law enforcement officers Federal officials Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Fines (Penalties) Fingerprints Foreign students Forfeiture Fraud Gangs Government Operations and Politics Government attorneys Government contractors Government paperwork Government trust funds Governmental investigations Habeas corpus Higher education Human rights Identification devices Identity theft Illegal aliens Immigrants Income tax Informers International Affairs Judges Judicial review Labor and Employment Law Legal fees Military and naval supplies Military civic action Misconduct in office Naturalization Obstruction of justice Passports Photography Police training Political persecution Prison alternatives Prisoners Public prosecutors Radar Recidivists Recruiting of employees Repatriation Right of asylum Science, Technology, Communications Searches and seizures Smuggling Social Welfare Social security numbers Tax returns Telephone Terrorism Transportation and Public Works Video tape recording Violence Visas Witnesses Immigration 00 2006-03-07 Introduced in Senate 2006-04-18T21:08:47Z Border Security and Interior Enforcement Improvement Act of 2006 - Provides for construction of fencing and security improvements in the border area from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.

Provides for increases in: (1) border patrol agents; (2) Department of Defense (DOD) surveillance equipment along the southern border; (3) Customs and Border Patrol officers; and (4) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration and worksite enforcement personnel and Department of Justice immigration attorneys and judges

Revises and extends implementation deadlines for the integrated entry and exit data system.

Requires: (1) state and local law enforcement agencies to provide DHS with specified information about apprehended illegal aliens; and (2) U.S. attorneys to determine the immigration status of persons charged with a federal offense.

Provides for: (1) increased federal detention space and utilization of DOD installations identified for closure; (2) transfer of illegal aliens from state or local custody to federal custody; (3) listing of immigration violators in the National Crime Information Center database; (4) federal reimbursement of state and local detention and transportation costs; (5) continuation of the institutional removal program (IRP), its expansion to all states, and a private right of action to remedy a violation of its enforcement by state or local authorities; and (6) immigration-related training for state and local personnel.

States that state and local law enforcement personnel are fully authorized to investigate, apprehend, or transfer to federal custody aliens in the United States (including interstate transportation of such aliens to detention centers) in order to assist in the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws.

Sets forth limitations on visa issuance and validity; including: (1) visa curtailment for aliens from countries denying or delaying repatriation of their nationals; (2) elimination of the diversity immigrant program; (3) barring terrorists from naturalization; and (4) prohibiting immigration benefits to an alien who poses a security threat, is under investigation for removal, or for whom background checks have not been completed.

Makes participation in racial, religious, national, or political persecution grounds for inadmissibility or deportation.

Revises provisions respecting foreign student information collection.

Employment Security Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish, and sets forth the provisions for, an employment eligibility verification system. Expands the employment eligibility verification system to include: (1) previously hired individuals; and (2) recruitment and referral.

Makes employer participation in the basic pilot program mandatory two years after enactment of this Act.

Provides protection for individuals reporting immigration law violations.

Revises and increases civil and criminal penalties for knowingly hiring unauthorized aliens. Bars repeat hiring offenders from government contract eligibility for two years.

Provides for certain information sharing among the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and DHS.

Requires that by October 26, 2007, every document, other than an interim document, issued by the Secretary which may be used as evidence of immigrant, nonimmigrant, parole, asylee, or refugee status, be machine-readable, tamper-resistant, and incorporate a biometric identifier.

Revises provisions respecting: (1) alien smuggling offenses and penalties, including establishing extraterritorial jurisdiction over such offenses; and (2) marriage fraud.

Establishes in the Treasury the Employer Compliance Fund.

Revises (and increases) penalty provisions respecting: (1) reentry of removed aliens; (2) document fraud; (3) benefit fraud; (4) false citizenship claims; and (5) social security number misuse.

Makes criminal street gang members inadmissible and deportable. Requires mandatory detention of aliens subject to removal based upon criminal street gang membership. Makes such aliens ineligible for asylum, temporary protected status, and protection from removal to certain countries.

Revises specified voluntary departure, detention, and removal provisions. Provides for: (1) expedited removal of certain criminal aliens; and (2) detention alternative pilot programs.

Provides that an alien who is neither a flight nor a security risk may be released pending a removal hearing by posting a bond of: (1) not less than $5,000; or (2) not less than $3,000 if a Canadian or Mexican national.

Revises and enhances detention provisions for certain dangerous aliens subject to removal, including establishment of a detention review process for cooperating aliens.

]]> Border Security and Interior Enforcement Improvement Act of 2006 Display Title Border Security and Interior Enforcement Improvement Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and other Acts to provide for border security and interior enforcement improvements, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Border Security and Interior Enforcement Improvement Act of 2006 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Employment Security Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2377is/xml/BILLS-109s2377is.xml 2006-03-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.