BORDER SECURITY, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND IMMIGRATION MODERNIZATION ACT
Amendments
Enact (S. 744), S4093, S4195, S4197, S4217, S4218, S4219, S4225, S4226, S4228, S4229, S4230, S4231 [11JN], S4411, S4412, S4413, S4414, S4415, S4416, S4429, S4430, S4431 [12JN], S4441, S4450, S4484, S4485, S4486, S4487, S4488, S4489, S4490, S4492 [13JN], S4524, S4525, S4526, S4527, S4529, S4530, S4532 [17JN], S4592, S4593, S4594, S4596, S4597, S4615, S4616, S4617, S4618, S4619 [18JN], S4628, S4631, S4635, S4644, S4653, S4656, S4659, S4678, S4679, S4680, S4681, S4682, S4683, S4684, S4685, S4686, S4687, S4688, S4689, S4690, S4691, S4692, S4693, S4706, S4707, S4708, S4709, S4710, S4711, S4712, S4713, S4714, S4715 [19JN], S4755, S4799, S4800, S4801, S4802, S4803, S4804, S4805, S4820, S4821, S4822, S4823, S4824, S4825, S4826, S4827, S4828, S4829, S4830, S4832, S4833, S4834, S4835, S4836, S4837, S4838, S4841, S4842, S4843, S4844, S4845 [20JN], S4860, S4976, S4977, S4985 [21JN], S5030, S5031, S5033, S5034, S5036, S5037, S5045, S5046, S5047, S5048, S5050, S5051, S5052, S5053, S5054, S5055, S5056, S5075, S5076, S5077, S5078, S5079, S5080, S5081, S5082, S5083, S5084, S5092, S5093, S5094, S5095, S5096, S5097 [24JN], S5152, S5160, S5162, S5163, S5164, S5165, S5166, S5167, S5168, S5186, S5187, S5188, S5189, S5190, S5191, S5192, S5193, S5194, S5196, S5197, S5198, S5200 [25JN], S5275, S5284, S5292, S5300, S5301 [26JN]
Articles and editorials
Colorado’s Delegation Must Support Immigration Reform, S4204 [11JN]
Evidence Shows Immigrants Come To Work, Not To Collect Welfare, S4454 [13JN]
$4.6 Trillion Opportunity—Immigration Reform Will Impove Social Security’s Finances, S4500 [17JN]
Immigration Headwinds, S4199 [11JN]
Lessons in Democracy, S4029 [10JN]
My Family Needs Immigration Reform, Sen. Bennet, S5125 [25JN]
Poor Immigrants Use Public Benefits at a Lower Rate Than Poor Native-Born Citizens, S4453 [13JN]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (see S. 744), S2684 [16AP]
Cloture motions
Enact (S. 744), S4976 [21JN], S4988, S5012 [24JN], S5215 [26JN], S5330 [27JN]
——— motion to proceed, S3969 [6JN], S4086 [11JN]
Factsheets
Provisions: Hirono Amendment on Eliminating Waiting Period for Legal Immigrants To Become Eligible for Certain Federal Aid Programs and Tax Credits, S4452 [13JN]
Letters
Eliminate waiting period for legal immigrants to become eligible for certain Federal aid programs or tax credits: several organizations, S5327 [27JN]
Improve criteria of merit-based evaluation immigration system to provide women with a fairer opportunity to compete for green cards: several organizations, S5328 [27JN]
Inclusion of logging employment in the W agricultural worker program established to replace the H-2A agricultural worker program: Thomas J. Vilsack, Sec. of Agriculture, S5338 [27JN]
Provisions: Senator Leahy, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) and Senator Carper, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S4362 [12JN]
——— Zack Taylor, National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers, S5008 [24JN]
Special rules for certain nonimmigrants employed as sheepherders: Alan C. Nelson, Dept. of Justice, S5240 [26JN]
——— Alan K. Simpson, S5240 [26JN]
——— Jane Oates, Dept. of Labor, S5240 [26JN]
——— Senator Enzi, S5240 [26JN]
Lists
Minimum requirements to be included in the southern border security strategy, S4463–S4465 [13JN]
Noncontroversial amendments to S. 744, provisions, S4669 [19JN]
Organizations supporting the expediting of adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability, S4396 [12JN]
Republican amendments proposed for consideration to S. 744, provisions, S5234 [26JN]
Senate staff who worked on S. 744, provisions, S5484 [27JN]
Motions
Enact (S. 744), S3969 [6JN], S4438 [13JN], S4657 [19JN], S4736 [20JN], S4977 [21JN], S5128 [25JN]
Remarks in House
Enact (H.R. 15), H6842–H6844, H6887–H6891 [29OC], H7040–H7046 [13NO], H7146, H7148 [15NO], H7208 [19NO], H7305–H7308 [20NO], H7386 [2DE], H7467, H7468, H7503–H7506 [4DE], H7557 [5DE], H7681–H7684 [11DE], H8102 [12DE], E1750, E1751 [21NO], E1871 [12DE]
Enact (S. 744), H2129 [18AP], H2251, H2290–H2293 [24AP], H2312, H2333 [25AP], H2409, H2431 [6MY], H2447 [7MY], H2493 [8MY], H2539, H2558, H2561 [9MY], H2609 [15MY], H2778 [20MY], H2813 [21MY], H2948–H2951 [23MY], H2967 [3JN], H3296 [12JN], H3670 [17JN], H3998, H4001, H4013–H4015 [25JN], H4042, H4073 [26JN], H4096 [27JN], H4148, H4149, H4167 [28JN], H4201–H4210 [8JY], H4219 [9JY], H4315, H4321 [10JY], H4475, H4476 [11JY], H4508 [16JY], H4582, H4594 [17JY], H4989, H5044–H5048 [24JY], H5487–H5491 [11SE], H6758, H6759 [23OC], H6844, H6848, H6888 [29OC], H7040, H7041, H7043, H7044 [13NO], H7146, H7148 [15NO], H7265, H7268 [20NO], E1728 [21NO]
Immigration: ensure reform efforts include provisions for binational eligible lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families, H2333 [25AP]
——— fulfillment of conditions under which amnesty would be granted to illegal aliens, H4201–H4206 [8JY], H4315 [10JY]
——— impact of guest worker program and legalized immigration on employment, H3670 [17JN]
——— impact that granting amnesty to illegal aliens has on employment, H4594–H4596 [17JY]
——— prohibit granting of lawful permanent residence status until deployment of border strategy, new Border Patrol agents and fencing, employment verification system, and electronic entry/exit system, H4042, H4073 [26JN], H4096 [27JN]
——— prohibit illegal immigrants from receiving Federal, State, or local government means-tested benefits, H3998 [25JN]
——— reduce backlog of family visas, H2312 [25AP]
National security: improve border security, H4203 [8JY], H4518 [16JY]
Remarks in Senate
CBO: release of economic impact report on S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S4568, S4571–S4574, S4620 [18JN], S4632, S4656, S4658 [19JN], S4764, S4766, S4783–S4786 [20JN], S4993 [24JN], S5207–S5209, S5213 [26JN], S5345 [27JN]
Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): inquiries made to Sec. of Homeland Security Napolitano on border security, S4519 [17JN]
Contracts: limit taxpayer-funded salaries of Government contractors involved in border security, S4659, S4660 [19JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: deny foreign nationals entry into, or deport them from, the U.S. if they are members of violent street gangs, S4759 [20JN], S5115 [25JN]
——— designate individuals or groups displaced by climate change as Stateless persons and study impact of climate change on U.S. internal migration, S4670 [19JN]
——— develop a comprehensive strategy to gain and maintain operational control of the international borders of the U.S., S4037, S4041–S4043 [10JN], S4073, S4078 [11JN], S4365, S4383–S4388 [12JN], S4551, S4561–S4565 [18JN], S4626, S4641, S4651 [19JN], S4730–S4732, S4734–S4737, S4786 [20JN]
——— develop plan, including an increase in Bureau of Customs and Border Protection officers as necessary, to reduce wait times at airports with highest volume of international travelers, S4383 [12JN]
——— enhance maritime border security, S5539 [9JY]
——— exclude crimes against children involving moral turpitude from discretionary authority relative to removal, deportation, or inadmissibility of an individual, S4655 [19JN], S4756 [20JN]
——— grant U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services asylum officers authority to dismiss frivolous asylum applications and increase staffing for anti-fraud operations and prosecutions, S4766 [20JN]
——— include tribal government officials on the Border Oversight Task Force, S4450 [13JN], S4559 [18JN]
——— prohibit housing of unaccompanied alien children in adult detention facilities, S4988 [24JN]
——— provide States at Mexican border with immediate access to border lands for purpose of maintaining or building roads, fences, driving patrol vehicles, and installing surveillance equipment, S4758 [20JN]
——— recruit veterans and Reserve component members to fill positions within Bureau of Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, S4565 [18JN], S4660, S4661 [19JN]
——— reduce trafficking of drugs across the Southwest border, S4465 [13JN]
——— report on implementation of biometric entry and exit data system for high-volume airports, S4382 [12JN]
——— require implementation of border security strategies before processing applications for registered provisional immigrant status or adjusted status, S4205 [11JN], S4635–S4637 [19JN]
——— work with the Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture, and State, local, and tribal governments to mitigate negative environmental impacts of border security, S4855 [21JN]
Dept. of Labor: reform H–2B nonimmigrant worker program, S5238 [26JN]
——— require State workforce agencies and employers to certify the active recruitment of Americans for forest job placement prior to hiring H–2B nonimmigrant workers, S4653, S4661 [19JN]
Dept. of State: expand Visa Waiver Program, S5238 [26JN]
——— issuance of J–1 visas for the exchange visitor program, S5335 [27JN]
Employment: establish a youth summer employment program, S4466 [13JN]
——— improve the E-Verify program for employment eligibility confirmation, S4390 [12JN], S4992, S5098–S5101 [24JN], S5246–S5251, S5312 [26JN]
Enact (S. 744), S2696 [16AP], S2744 [17AP], S2776, S2786–S2791 [18AP], S2913 [24AP], S3009–S3012, S3018–S3020 [25AP], S3314–S3317 [9MY], S3357–S3359 [13MY], S3537 [16MY], S3609 [20MY], S3701, S3728, S3748 [22MY], S3829 [23MY], S3916, S3927, S3929–S3931 [4JN], S4064–S4067 [10JN], S4093–S4206 [11JN], S4351, S4355, S4359–S4370, S4375–S4392, S4394–S4400, S4432–S4434 [12JN], S4435–S4438, S4440–S4443, S4450–S4457, S4462–S4467 [13JN], S4498–S4501, S4503–S4510, S4518–S4520 [17JN], S4535, S4546–S4568, S4570–S4574, S4620 [18JN], S4623, S4625, S4628, S4631–S4637, S4640–S4642, S4644–S4661, S4663–S4670 [19JN], S4727, S4730–S4786 [20JN], S4850–S4981 [21JN], S4987–S5013, S5098–S5101 [24JN], S5103, S5106–S5108, S5110–S5119, S5121–S5132, S5134, S5140–S5144 [25JN], S5203–S5222, S5225–S5229, S5233–S5236, S5238–S5258, S5306–S5313 [26JN], S5315–S5475, S5478–S5480, S5481, S5484 [27JN], S5513 [8JY], S5539 [9JY], S6186 [1AU], S6371 [11SE], S6548 [18SE], S6627 [19SE], S9011, S9043 [19DE]
——— motion to proceed, S3969 [6JN], S3997–S4014 [7JN], S4027–S4043 [10JN], S4069–S4071, S4073–S4093 [11JN]
——— order for printing, S5510 [27JN]
——— unanimous-consent agreement, S4438 [13JN], S4518 [17JN]
——— unanimous-consent request, S4384, S4385 [12JN], S4438 [13JN], S4739 [20JN], S5244, S5250 [26JN]
Families and domestic relations: provide for automatic citizenship for internationally adopted children and modify preadoption visitation requirements, S4367 [12JN], S4442 [13JN], S4558 [18JN]
Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence, S5216 [26JN]
——— apply waiting period before certain immigrants become eligible for tax credits and cost sharing subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S4389 [12JN]
——— authorize additional visas for well-educated aliens to live and work in the U.S. and provide funding for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, S4080 [11JN]
——— border security equipment funding, S4365 [12JN], S4463 [13JN]
——— cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students, S4008, S4013 [7JN], S4027, S4034, S4036 [10JN], S4199 [11JN], S4435 [13JN], S4498, S4503–S4510 [17JN], S4557 [18JN], S5106–S5108, S5111, S5112, S5116 [25JN], S5236 [26JN], S5348 [27JN]
——— clarify definition of physical tactical infrastructure relative to waivers of environmental regulations, S4855 [21JN]
——— eliminate pathway to citizenship for individuals eligible for registered provisional immigrant status, S4006, S4007 [7JN]
——— eliminate waiting period for legal immigrants to become eligible for certain Federal aid programs or tax credits, S4451 [13JN], S4500, S4501 [17JN], S5327 [27JN]
——— ensure that young children are not excluded from provision to cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students due to age, S5116 [25JN]
——— establish employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish businesses in the U.S., S5119 [25JN]
——— expedite adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability, S4197 [11JN], S4377, S4396 [12JN]
——— extend detention of certain aliens ordered removed, S4732, S4759 [20JN]
——— fulfillment of conditions under which amnesty would be granted to illegal aliens, S4038–S4041 [10JN], S4077, S4082 [11JN], S4380 [12JN]
——— impact of guest worker program and legalized immigration on employment, S4076–S4078 [11JN], S4556 [18JN], S5118 [25JN], S5222, S5236 [26JN], S6175–S6177 [1AU], S6627, S6637–S6639 [19SE]
——— impact of guest worker program expansion on youth employment, S4557 [18JN]
——— improve agricultural workers programs, S4633 [19JN], S5112 [25JN], S5306–S5309 [26JN]
——— improve criteria of merit-based evaluation system to provide women with a fairer opportunity to compete for green cards, S4451 [13JN], S4555 [18JN], S4761 [20JN], S5206 [26JN], S5327 [27JN]
——— inclusion of logging employment in the W agricultural worker program established to replace the H-2A agricultural worker program, S5337 [27JN]
——— influence of Colorado Compact principles of immigration on formulating a national immigration policy, S5340 [27JN]
——— maintain special rules for certain nonimmigrants employed as sheepherders, S5239 [26JN]
——— prohibit funding to implement exemptions from Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act fines for employment of registered provisional immigrants, S5140–S5142 [25JN]
——— prohibit granting of lawful permanent residence status until deployment of border strategy, new Border Patrol agents and fencing, employment verification system, and electronic entry/exit system, S4746–S4753, S4757, S4761–S4766, S4769, S4776, S4777, S4782 [20JN], S4850–S4981 [21JN], S4989–S4996, S4998–S5013 [24JN], S5112, S5117, S5118, S5127–S5132 [25JN], S5205–S5209, S5211–S5215 [26JN], S5318–S5320, S5325, S5339 [27JN], S5539 [9JY]
——— prohibit granting of registered provisional immigrant status to any individual who has been convicted of a criminal offense under the Violence Against Women Act, S4561 [18JN], S5226 [26JN]
——— prohibit granting of registered provisional immigrant status to any individual who has been convicted of certain crimes, S4655 [19JN], S4756 [20JN], S5110 [25JN]
——— prohibit granting of registered provisional immigrant status until certain border security metrics and congressional approval requirements are met, S4650 [19JN]
——— prohibit granting of registered provisional immigrant status until completion of certain amount of Southern border reinforced fencing, S4440–S4443 [13JN], S4548–S4550, S4558, S4574 [18JN], S4782 [20JN]
——— prohibit granting of registered provisional immigrant status until the Dept. of Homeland Security has maintained effective control of borders for a certain period of time, S4198 [11JN], S4360–S4362, S4365, S4391 [12JN], S4437, S4438, S4462 [13JN], S5114 [25JN]
——— prohibit granting of temporary status or adjusting status of any unlawfully present individual until Dept. of Homeland Security certifies full implementation of US-VISIT system at every port of entry, S4377 [12JN], S4450 [13JN], S4546, S4556, S4558, S4559, S4574 [18JN]
——— prohibit illegal immigrants from receiving Federal, State, or local government means-tested benefits, S4007 [7JN], S4388 [12JN]
——— prohibit individuals who have renounced their U.S. citizenship to avoid taxation from reentering the U.S., S4552 [18JN]
——— prohibit unauthorized employment from being counted as a period of time used to determine Social Security eligibility, S4389 [12JN]
——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates, S4035 [10JN], S4365 [12JN], S5112 [25JN]
——— provide whistleblower protections to H–2B temporary workers, S5116 [25JN]
——— reform and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs for aliens working temporarily in the U.S., S3929, S3931 [4JN], S4652 [19JN]
——— require biographic and biometric data about a refugee be checked against certain law enforcement and national security databases before granting asylum, S4766 [20JN]
——— require fast-track congressional approval of Dept. of Homeland Security border security strategies before processing applications for registered provisional immigrant status or adjusted status, S4004, S4005 [7JN], S4628, S4660 [19JN]
——— require registered provisional immigrant applicants to prove that they do not owe back taxes and remain current on tax obligations once they obtain change in status, S4389 [12JN]
——— require training for National Guard and Coast Guard officers and agents in programs on border protection, immigration law enforcement, and how to address vulnerable populations, S4631 [19JN]
——— sunset waivers of environmental regulations relative to border security, S4855 [21JN]
——— use of emergency designation spending in immigration reform legislation, S4450 [13JN]
Institute of Museum and Library Services: include in the Task Force on New Americans to direct integration policy and clarify role libraries play in facilitating immigrant services, S4552 [18JN]
Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals, S4552 [18JN]
National Guard: clarify authority to provide support to Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, S5338 [27JN]
National security: improve border security, S4030 [10JN], S4366–S4368, S4391, S4396–S4400 [12JN]
Public welfare programs: allow States waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements, S5330–S5332 [27JN]
Santa Teresa, NM: extend hours at Mexican border crossing, S5143 [25JN]
Senate: legislative process, S4546–S4548 [18JN], S4663, S4666–S4670 [19JN], S4755, S4756 [20JN], S4989, S4996–S4998, S5001 [24JN], S5113–S5117, S5122, S5123 [25JN], S5209, S5210, S5233, S5234, S5244, S5247–S5252 [26JN], S5326, S5327, S5338, S5339, S5353, S5355 [27JN]
——— tribute to Senators, personal staff, and Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) staff who worked on S. 744, provisions, S5355, S5478–S5480, S5484 [27JN]
Social Security: preserve States’ rights to extend Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage to legal immigrant children and pregnant women, S5333–S5335 [27JN], S6186 [1AU]
Southern Border Security Commission: include Nevada, S4382 [12JN], S4631, S4661 [19JN]
Unemployment: rates, S3929 [4JN]
Reports filed
Provisions: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 744), S3905 [3JN]
——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 744) (S. Rept. 113–40), S4021 [7JN]
Rulings of the Chair
Enact (S. 744), S4755 [20JN], S5330 [27JN]
Statements
Immigration Reform: Coalition of Evangelicals, H5489 [11SE]
What They Are Saying About Border Security Metrics: several border security experts, S4735 [20JN]
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