[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 24 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S707]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1503. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1388 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and 
Mr. Schumer) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 815, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to 
the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency 
treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION AND REPORT ON VETTING AND PROCESSING OF 
                   ILLEGAL ALIENS APPREHENDED ALONG THE SOUTHWEST 
                   BORDER AND ENSURING THAT ALL LAWS ARE BEING 
                   UPHELD.

       Not less frequently than every 60 days until there have 
     been fewer than 35,000 apprehensions per month at the 
     southwest border for 3 consecutive months, the Inspector 
     General of the Department of Homeland Security shall conduct 
     an investigation and submit a report and provide a briefing 
     to the President, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
     Attorney General, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Homeland Security of the House of Representatives regarding, 
     with respect to the period beginning on January 20, 2021--
       (1) the vetting procedures applicable to aliens (as defined 
     in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1101(a))) seeking entry or admission to the United 
     States who were apprehended along the southwest border of the 
     United States, including the process for conducting in-person 
     interviews with such aliens and the number of such interviews 
     that were conducted;
       (2) the total number of aliens who are unlawfully present 
     in the United States (referred to in this section as 
     ``illegal aliens'') who were processed and released into the 
     interior of the United States;
       (3) the number of illegal aliens who received parole 
     (humanitarian or otherwise);
       (4) the results of the audit of parole applications, 
     including the justification for any instances in which parole 
     was granted;
       (5) the total number of illegal aliens who have been placed 
     in removal proceedings pursuant to section 240 of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a), including--
       (A) how many of such illegal aliens have been removed; and
       (B) how many of such illegal aliens are eligible for any 
     immigration benefit, such as asylum or lawful permanent 
     residence;
       (6) the results of the audit of asylum application under 
     section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1158);
       (7) the total number of illegal aliens who have been placed 
     in expedited removal proceedings pursuant to section 
     235(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1225(b)(1)), including how many have been removed;
       (8) the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security to 
     continually monitor all of the illegal aliens who were 
     apprehended along the southwest border of the United States 
     and then released on parole, including--
       (A) the number of such illegal aliens who were given a 
     ``notice to report'' to a U.S. Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement office;
       (B) the number of such illegal aliens who actually reported 
     in compliance with such notice to report;
       (C) the number of such illegal aliens who were given a 
     ``notice to appear'' before an immigration judge; and
       (D) the number of such illegal aliens who have prior 
     criminal convictions or terms of imprisonment in the United 
     States or outside of the United States;
       (9) the total number of illegal aliens who were processed 
     and released into the interior of the United States without 
     participating in an alternatives to detention program, such 
     as using an ankle monitor or another tracking monitor; and
       (10) the States and counties in which the Department of 
     Homeland Security or the Department of Health and Human 
     Services has resettled illegal aliens since January 20, 2021.
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