[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1324 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1324

   To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a U.S. 
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations field 
                       office in Tulsa, Oklahoma.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2005

  Mr. Sullivan (for himself, Mr. Lucas, and Mr. Boren) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland 
 Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary and Ways 
 and Means, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a U.S. 
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations field 
                       office in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) On July 17, 2002, 18 illegal immigrants were taken into 
        custody by the Tulsa County Sheriff's Department and then later 
        released by the former Immigration and Naturalization Service. 
        The group included 3 minors.
            (2) On August 13, 2002, an immigration task force meeting 
        convened in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with the goal of bringing together 
        local law enforcement and the Immigration and Naturalization 
        Service to open a dialogue to find effective ways to better 
        enforce Federal immigration laws in the first District of 
        Oklahoma.
            (3) On January 22, 2003, 4 new agents at the Immigration 
        and Naturalization Service office in Oklahoma City were hired.
            (4) On January 30, 2003, Oklahoma's Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service office added 6 new special agents to 
        their staff.
            (5) On September 22, 2004, U.S. Immigration and Customs 
        Enforcement authorized the release of 18 possible illegal 
        aliens that were in the custody of the City of Catoosa, 
        Oklahoma Police Department. Catoosa Police stopped a truck 
        carrying 18 persons, including children, in the early morning 
        hours. Only 2 of the detainees produced identification. One 
        adult was arrested on drug possession charges, while the 
        remaining individuals were released.
            (6) Oklahoma has 1 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
        Office of Investigations located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 
        Currently, 12 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents 
        serve 3,500,000 people.
            (7) Oklahoma Interstate Highway I-44 and U.S.-75 are major 
        roads through Tulsa, Oklahoma, and serve for the transportation 
        of illegal immigrants to all areas of the United States.
            (8) The establishment of a U.S. Immigration and Customs 
        Enforcement Office of Investigations field office in Tulsa, 
        Oklahoma, will help enforce Federal immigration laws in eastern 
        Oklahoma.
            (9) There are 7 Drug Enforcement Administration agents, and 
        an estimated 22 Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, 
        headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, while no U.S. Immigration and 
        Customs Enforcement agents are located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF I.C.E. FIELD OFFICE IN TULSA.

    Subject to the availability of appropriated funds, not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall establish a U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement Office of Investigations field office in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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