3.0.0 2394 2023-01-13T04:48:51Z 2023-01-13T04:48:51Z Senate S S 2006-03-09 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-03-09T17:46:39Z 2006-03-09 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2006-03-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA N Immigration Agricultural labor Agriculture and Food Alien labor All terrain vehicles Armed Forces and National Security Border patrols Canada Civil service retirement Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal aliens Criminal justice information Customs administration Data banks Department of Homeland Security Deportation Detention of persons Drone aircraft Drug abuse Drug traffic Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to law enforcement Federal law enforcement officers Federal preemption Federal-state relations Fraud Gangs Georgia Government Operations and Politics Government attorneys Governmental investigations Illegal aliens Indian law enforcement Judges Judicial officers Labor and Employment Latin America Law Local laws Maryland Mexico Military base closures Military civic action Minimum wages Minorities National Guard New Mexico Passports Police training Prisons Public defenders Public prosecutors Recruiting of employees Road construction Science, Technology, Communications Sentences (Criminal procedure) Smuggling South Carolina State laws Technological innovations Technology assessment Teleconferencing Transportation and Public Works Violence Visas Immigration 00 2006-03-09 Introduced in Senate 2006-04-24T18:22:45Z Border Security Act of 2006 - Provides for increases in: (1) Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel; (2) Bureau of Customs and Border Protection personnel; (3) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration personnel, including attorneys; (4) Federal Defenders Program attorneys; (5) U.S. attorneys; (6) Office of Immigration Litigation attorneys; (7) deputy marshals in the United States Marshals Service; and (8) immigration judges.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) report on the feasibility of using National Guard personnel and Department of Defense (DOD) assets to assist the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, and implement such plan if found feasible; (2) initiate a planning process for an international border fence/wall; (3) establish demonstration programs to evaluate border security and port of entry technologies; (4) acquire unmanned vehicles and other assets and technologies for border use; and (5) provide grants for state, local, and tribal border security activities.

Directs the Attorney General to acquire additional immigration detention facilities.

Wage Equity Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit wage requirements for employer H-2A visa (temporary agricultural worker) petitions.

Increases penalties for: (1) alien smuggling; and (2) document fraud.

Sets forth criminal penalties for an illegal alien who commits or conspires to commit a violent crime or drug trafficking offense.

Makes criminal street gang members inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for temporary protected status.

Continues the institutional removal program (IRP) and extends it to all States within five years.

Authorizes state or local law enforcement authorities to temporarily detain an alien who is removable or illegally in the United States after such alien's sentence completion pending transfer to federal custody. Provides federal reimbursement for such costs.

Provides for listing of immigration violators in the National Crime Information Center Database.

]]> Border Security Act of 2006 Display Title Border Security Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve border security, to increase criminal penalties for certain crimes related to illegal aliens, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Border Security Act of 2006 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Wage Equity Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2394is/xml/BILLS-109s2394is.xml 2006-03-09 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.