[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 6 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                  S. 6

             To reform America's broken immigration system.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 25 (legislative day, January 5), 2011

Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Brown 
 of Ohio, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. 
  Lautenberg introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
             To reform America's broken immigration system.

    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 ``Reform America's Broken Immigration 
System Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

    It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should--
            (1) fulfill and strengthen our Nation's commitments 
        regarding border security;
            (2) pass legislation to support our national and economic 
        security, such as the DREAM Act, which would allow students who 
        came to America before turning 16 to earn citizenship by 
        attending college or joining the armed forces, and AgJobs, 
        which would help to ensure a stable and legal agricultural 
        workforce and protect the sustainability of the American 
        agricultural industry;
            (3) implement a rational legal immigration system to ensure 
        that the best and brightest minds of the world can come to the 
        United States and create jobs for Americans while, at the same 
        time, safeguarding the rights and wages of American workers;
            (4) require all United States workers to obtain secure, 
        tamper-proof identification to prevent employers from hiring 
        people here illegally, and toughen penalties on employers who 
        break labor and immigration laws;
            (5) hold people accountable who are currently here 
        illegally by requiring them to either earn legal status through 
        a series of penalties, sanctions, and requirements, or face 
        immediate deportation; and
            (6) adopt practical and fair immigration reforms to help 
        ensure that families are able to be together.
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