REPORT- (1 of 2)
Subject:
SEN. MENENDEZ’S COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM ACT OF 2010.
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THE COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM ACT OF 2010
Introduced by Senator Robert Menendez (D‐NJ) and Senator Patrick Leahy (D‐VT)
Introduced by Senator Robert Menendez (D‐NJ) and Senator Patrick Leahy (D‐VT)
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Title I – Border Enforcement
Establishes border enforcement “triggers” that must be met before any unauthorized immigrants can apply for permanent residency.
Requires DHS to review assets and staffing needed for border security and enforcement.
Funds port of entry improvements and tools and technology, in line with this review.
Expands Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) staffing, in line with this review.
Improves training and accountability for DHS border and immigration officers.
Enhances cooperation with Canada and Mexico, as well as local law enforcement agencies, to improve border security and coordinate crime fighting.
Clarifies that the power to regulate immigration resides with the federal government, not states and localities, and that state and local police do not have the “inherent authority” to enforce federal immigration laws (outside of 287(g) agreements).
Involves border communities in enforcement policy through creation of a U.S.‐Mexico Border Enforcement Commission and a Border Communities Liaison Office.
Establishes border enforcement “triggers” that must be met before any unauthorized immigrants can apply for permanent residency.
Requires DHS to review assets and staffing needed for border security and enforcement.
Funds port of entry improvements and tools and technology, in line with this review.
Expands Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) staffing, in line with this review.
Improves training and accountability for DHS border and immigration officers.
Enhances cooperation with Canada and Mexico, as well as local law enforcement agencies, to improve border security and coordinate crime fighting.
Clarifies that the power to regulate immigration resides with the federal government, not states and localities, and that state and local police do not have the “inherent authority” to enforce federal immigration laws (outside of 287(g) agreements).
Involves border communities in enforcement policy through creation of a U.S.‐Mexico Border Enforcement Commission and a Border Communities Liaison Office.
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Title II – Interior Enforcement
Requires DHS to track the departure of noncitizens to ensure that individuals do not overstay their visas.
Denies “visa waiver” privileges to countries whose citizens attempt to overstay visas.
Refines existing law on illegal entry, illegal reentry and voluntary departure of noncitizens to ensure enforcement of those provisions and heighten penalties for those who commit serious offenses.
Funds and expands the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program to cover additional criminal justice costs borne by state and local governments.
Enhances efforts to ensure that DHS does not mistakenly deport U.S. citizens and residents.
Expands penalties for passport, visa, and immigration fraud; unlawful flight from immigration or customs controls; and gang activity.
Expands other civil penalties and grounds of inadmissibility for certain criminals.
Provides common‐sense rules governing the detention of families, elderly or ill immigrants, crime victims, and other “vulnerable populations” like torture survivors, as well as
enforcement actions that involve children.
Improves detention conditions to meet basic standards; expands secure alternatives to detention.
Ends the waiting period for refugees and asylees to obtain green cards. (‘llContinue..)
Requires DHS to track the departure of noncitizens to ensure that individuals do not overstay their visas.
Denies “visa waiver” privileges to countries whose citizens attempt to overstay visas.
Refines existing law on illegal entry, illegal reentry and voluntary departure of noncitizens to ensure enforcement of those provisions and heighten penalties for those who commit serious offenses.
Funds and expands the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program to cover additional criminal justice costs borne by state and local governments.
Enhances efforts to ensure that DHS does not mistakenly deport U.S. citizens and residents.
Expands penalties for passport, visa, and immigration fraud; unlawful flight from immigration or customs controls; and gang activity.
Expands other civil penalties and grounds of inadmissibility for certain criminals.
Provides common‐sense rules governing the detention of families, elderly or ill immigrants, crime victims, and other “vulnerable populations” like torture survivors, as well as
enforcement actions that involve children.
Improves detention conditions to meet basic standards; expands secure alternatives to detention.
Ends the waiting period for refugees and asylees to obtain green cards. (‘llContinue..)
GusGarcia/Florida/ 09/30/2010
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