3.0.0 750 2022-02-03T05:11:54Z 2022-02-03T05:11:54Z House H HR 2007-01-31 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Hearings by 2007-11-08T16:30:49Z Referred to 2007-03-19T15:38:51Z Referred to 2007-01-31T15:06:15Z hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2007-03-13T18:11:19Z Referred to 2007-01-31T15:06:20Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-01-31T15:06:25Z 2007-11-08 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2007-03-19 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Committee 2007-03-13 hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism. Committee 2007-01-31 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2007-01-31 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2007-01-31 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-31 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-01-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000032 Rep. 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[D-MI-13] CAROLYN KILPATRICK D MI CHEEKS 13 2007-10-04 False Immigration Administrative fees Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Admission of nonimmigrants Adoption Alien labor Aliens Arrest Awards, medals, prizes Border patrols Boundaries Child abuse Child sexual abuse Citizenship Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil rights enforcement Civil service retirement Commemorations Computers Confidential communications Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Data banks Death Department of Homeland Security Department of State Deportation Detention of persons Disabled Discrimination in employment Drug abuse Drug traffic Economics and Public Finance Education Employee rights Employers' liability English language Equipment and supplies Ethics Evidence (Law) Executive reorganization Families Family violence Federal aid to education Federal employees Federal law enforcement officers Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Fines (Penalties) Fingerprints Firearms Fraud Fringe benefits Gambling Geographic information systems Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Government vehicles Governmental investigations Grandparents Haitians Helicopters Higher education Hours of labor Illegal aliens Immigrants Informers Labor and Employment Language and languages Larceny Law Legislation Legislative amendments Legislative resolutions Marriage Married people Mentally disabled Naturalization Night vision devices Office of Personnel Management Patrol aircraft Patrol ships Personnel management Police training Pregnant women Prison alternatives Prisons Prosecution Radio Recruiting of employees Refugees Relocation Residence requirements Right of asylum Right to counsel Salaries Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Senate rules and procedure Sentences (Criminal procedure) Sex discrimination Sex offenders Siblings Single-parent families Skilled labor Smuggling Social Welfare Spanish language Sports and Recreation Student loan funds Sunset legislation Victims of crimes Violence Visas Wages Women Immigration 00 2007-01-31 Introduced in House 2007-03-06T18:08:07Z Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to provide increased protections and eligibility for family-sponsored immigrants.

Directs the Secretary of State to establish a Board of Family-based Visa Appeals within the Department of State.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to deny a family-based immigration petition by a U.S. petitioner for an alien spouse or child if: (1) the petitioner is on the national sex offender registry for a conviction that resulted in more than one year's imprisonment; (2) the petitioner has failed to rebut such information within 90 days; and (3) granting the petition would put a spouse or child beneficiary in danger of sexual abuse.

Directs the Secretary to establish the Task Force to Rescue Immigrant Victims of American Sex Offenders.

Authorizes the Secretary to adjust the status of aliens who would otherwise be inadmissible (due to unlawful presence, document fraud, or other specified grounds of inadmissibility) if such aliens have been in the United States for at least five years and meet other requirements.

Authorizes the emergency deployment of Border Patrol agents to a requesting border state.

Sets forth provisions for Border Patrol acquisition and use of specified equipment.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for additional detention space for illegal aliens; (2) increase Border Patrol agents, airport and land border immigration inspectors, immigration enforcement officers, and fraud and document fraud investigators; (3) enhance Border Patrol training and operational facilities; (4) establish immigration, customs, and agriculture inspector occupations within the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection; (5) reestablish the Border Patrol anti-smuggling unit; (6) establish criminal investigator occupations within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (7) increase Border Patrol agent and investigator pay; (8) require foreign language training for appropriate DHS employees; and (9) establish the Fraudulent Documents Task Force.

Redefines the term "law enforcement officer" under provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to include: (1) federal employees not otherwise covered by such term whose duties include the investigation or apprehension of suspected or convicted individuals and who are authorized to carry a firearm; and (2) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees whose duties are primarily the collection of delinquent taxes and the securing of delinquent returns.

Authorizes S (witness or informant) nonimmigrant status for aliens in possession of critical reliable information concerning commercial alien smuggling or trafficking in immigration documents.

Establishes a reward program to assist in eliminating immigration-related commercial document fraud operations.

Sets forth unfair immigration-related employment practices.

Requires petitioners for nonimmigrant labor to describe their efforts to recruit lawful permanent residents or U.S. citizens.

Makes permanent an INA provision allowing adjustment of status of certain aliens for whom family-sponsored or employment-based applications or petitions were filed by a specified date.

Lessens immigration consequences for minor criminal offenses. Eliminates retroactive changes in grounds of inadmissibility and removal.

Amends criminal offense removal-related provisions.

Increases the worldwide level of diversity immigrants.

Authorizes adjustment of status for certain nationals or citizens of Haiti.

Eliminates mandatory detention in expedited removal proceedings.

Amends the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 to: (1) waive document fraud as a ground of inadmissibility; and (2) address determinations with respect to children.

Eliminates the one-year filing requirement for asylum applicants. Includes gender persecution within the particular social group category of persecution.

Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of certain temporary protected status persons.

Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to eliminate a provision prohibiting restrictions on the communication of immigration status information by a government entity.

Replaces the existing fashion model H-1B visa classification with an O-visa classification.

]]> Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2007 Popular Titles Immigration Reform bill 9 Library of Congress Display Title Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to comprehensively reform immigration law, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2007-01-31T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr750ih/xml/BILLS-110hr750ih.xml 2007-11-08 Subcommittee Hearings Held. 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.