[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 588 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 588

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for 
                       employing illegal aliens.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2009

 Mrs. Myrick introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for 
                       employing illegal aliens.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``10k Run for the Border Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN PENALTIES FOR EMPLOYING ILLEGAL ALIENS.

    (a) In General.--Section 274A(e)(4)(A) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(e)(4)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``$250 and not more than 
        $2,000'' and inserting ``$10,000 and not more than $80,000'';
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``$2,000 and not more than 
        $5,000'' and inserting ``$80,000 and not more than $200,000''; 
        and
            (3) in clause (iii), by striking ``$3,000 and not more than 
        $10,000'' and inserting ``$120,000 and not more than 
        $1,600,000''.
    (b) Use of Additional Penalty Funds.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, of the additional amounts of fines paid under section 
274A(e)(4)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1324a(e)(4)(A)) by one or more employers and that are attributable to 
the amendments made by subsection (a)--
            (1) if State or local law enforcement officials have 
        provided material assistance in the investigation or 
        prosecution of cases of such employers that resulted in such 
        fines--
                    (A) 80 percent shall be paid, in a manner specified 
                by the Secretary of Homeland Security, to the State or 
                local State law enforcement agencies which employed 
                such individuals; and
                    (B) 20 percent shall be used by the Secretary to 
                cover costs of detention of illegal aliens; and
            (2) if paragraph (1) does not apply--
                    (A) 80 percent shall be paid to States (and 
                political subdivisions of States) under the State 
                Criminal Alien Assistance Program under section 241(i) 
                of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1251(i)) for purposes of 
                reimbursing those States and political subdivisions for 
                costs of incarceration of undocumented criminal aliens; 
                and
                    (B) 20 percent shall be used by the Secretary to 
                cover costs of detention of illegal aliens in Federal 
                facilities.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to violations occurring on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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