3.0.0 1269 2023-01-11T16:32:44Z 2023-01-11T16:32:44Z Senate S S 2007-05-02 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-02T21:02:18Z 2007-05-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-05-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5505-5507) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK N Immigration Administrative procedure Admission of nonimmigrants Agricultural labor Agriculture and Food Alien labor Americans in foreign countries Arizona Armed Forces and National Security Arrest Border patrols Boundaries California Citizen participation Citizenship Civil actions and liability Class actions (Civil procedure) Computer matching Congress Congressional reporting requirements Correspondence schools and courses Counterfeiting Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Criminal investigation Data banks Department of Homeland Security Detention of persons Distance education Driver licenses Earned income tax credit Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic government information Employers' liability Employment agencies Families Federal aid to education Federal law enforcement officers Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Forfeiture Forgery Fraud Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Health Higher education Identification devices Illegal aliens Imprisonment Income tax Indian lands Indian law enforcement Informers Intergovernmental fiscal relations International Affairs Internet Job hunting Labor and Employment Latin America Law Legal fees Mexico Military dependents Minorities Negligence New Mexico Oklahoma Old age, survivors and disability insurance Passports Police Police training Prisons Radar Recruiting of employees Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Social security numbers Student aid Tax credits Tax evasion Tax penalties Tax returns Taxation Technology assessment Temporary employment Texas Transportation and Public Works Vital statistics Volunteer workers Web sites Immigration 00 2007-05-02 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-16T15:52:24Z Engaging the Nation to Fight for Our Right to Control Entry Act or ENFORCE Act - Directs the Commissioner of the United States Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) to establish: (1) a National Border Neighborhood Watch Program (Program) to permit retired law enforcement officers and civilian volunteers to assist in carrying out such Program; and (2) a Border Regiment Assisting in Valuable Enforcement Force (BRAVE Force), which shall consist of retired law enforcement officers, employed to carry out the Program.

Directs USCBP to provide for civilian participation.

Imposes criminal penalties for federal document forgery, counterfeiting, or alteration.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to provide additional penalties for an alien who is illegally in the United States.

Increases criminal penalties for first-time illegal entry.

Provides for a field office of the Office of Investigations of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Authorizes assistance to Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma, for a demonstration project to assess the feasibility of establishing a nationwide e-learning training course to be used by state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers to enhance the ability of such officers to assist federal immigration officers in the enforcement of immigration laws of the United States.

Citizenship Reform Act of 2007 - Provides citizenship at birth for a person born in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States only if such child was born in the United States to parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. national; or (2) a lawful permanent resident alien residing in the United States.

Prohibits any federal agency from establishing an individual's identity, and prohibits providing any public benefits funded in whole or in part by federal funds, without specified documents.

Requires independent verification of birth records provided in support of a social security application.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) work with states to establish a common data protocol for electronic birth and death registration systems; and (2) coordinate implementation of electronic verification of a person's life and death.

Provides for: (1) temporary social security cards for nonimmigrants; and (2) mandatory employer and subsequent employee notification of social security number mismatches and multiple uses.

States that state and local law enforcement personnel have the inherent authority to arrest, detain, or transfer to federal custody, aliens in the United States (including detention transportation across state lines) in the enforcement of the immigration laws.

Provides for individual taxpayer identification number (TIN) sharing between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Provides for fencing and security improvements along the southern U.S. border from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, including creation and control of a specified border zone.

Requires a study and report on the use of technology to prevent unlawful immigration.

Makes it unlawful to operate a day laborer center if the operator knows, or should know, that the center is being used to secure employment for illegal aliens.

Makes it unlawful under INA to hire or refer an alien for employment knowing, or having reason to know, that the alien is unauthorized for employment.

Limits higher education benefits for illegal aliens.

Fairness in Immigration Litigation Act of 2007 - Revises specified immigration litigation provisions.

]]> Engaging the Nation to Fight for Our Right to Control Entry Act Display Title Engaging the Nation to Fight for Our Right to Control Entry Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve border security in the United States and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Engaging the Nation to Fight for Our Right to Control Entry Act Short Titles as Introduced ENFORCE Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Fairness in Immigration Litigation Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1269is/xml/BILLS-110s1269is.xml 2007-05-02 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.