Thread: Border Agent's Death Would Spark Impeachment Talks, Republic

CONGRESS knows exactly where the bears are shitting in the woods. Make no mistake!

I am surprised that they have any place left to walk.

This is what 2ndAmendSis is referring to (see one section below).

The "Immigration Enforcement" Amendment 187 that Kennedy tried to slip into the Minimum Wage Bill H.2. in the Senate last week is all about furthering the agenda of the North American Union/SPP (it was not in the final bill that passed).

The question is whether this will resurface in S.9 - the Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill.

This is much, much bigger than amnesty. This is further confirmation that the Senate is colluding with the Bush administration to change our laws to advance the NAU.

S.AMDT.187
Amends: H.R.2 , S.AMDT.112
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (submitted 1/24/2007) (proposed 1/24/2007)
AMENDMENT PURPOSE:
In the nature of a substitute.

TEXT OF AMENDMENT AS SUBMITTED: CR S1121

STATUS:

1/24/2007:
Amendment SA 187 proposed by Senator Kennedy for Senator Kerry to Amendment SA 112. (consideration: CR S1044-1045; text: CR S1044)

1/24/2007: Amendment SA 187 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

COSPONSORS(4):

Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] - 1/24/2007
Sen Sununu, John E. [NH] - 1/24/2007
Sen Landrieu, Mary L. [LA] - 1/24/2007
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] - 1/24/2007


THESE ARE JUST A FEW SECTIONS--


Subtitle C--International Border Enforcement

SEC. 1131. NORTH AMERICAN SECURITY INITIATIVE.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall enhance the mutual security and safety of the United States, Canada, and Mexico by providing a framework for better management, communication, and coordination between the Governments of North America.

(b) Responsibilities.--In implementing the provisions of this subtitle, the Secretary of State shall carry out all of the activities described in this subtitle.

SEC. 1132. INFORMATION SHARING AGREEMENTS.

The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Government of Mexico, is authorized to negotiate an agreement with Mexico to--

(1) cooperate in the screening of third-country nationals using Mexico as a transit corridor for entry into the United States; and

(2) provide technical assistance to support stronger immigration control at the border with Mexico.

SEC. 1133. IMPROVING THE SECURITY OF MEXICO'S SOUTHERN BORDER.

(a) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, and the Government of Mexico, shall establish a program to--

(1) assess the specific needs of the governments of Central American countries in maintaining the security of the borders of such countries;

(2) use the assessment made under paragraph (1) to determine the financial and technical support needed by the governments of Central American countries from Canada, Mexico, and the United States to meet such needs;

(3) provide technical assistance to the governments of Central American countries to secure issuance of passports and travel documents by such countries; and

(4) encourage the governments of Central American countries to--

(A) control alien smuggling and trafficking;

(B) prevent the use and manufacture of fraudulent travel documents; and

(C) share relevant information with Mexico, Canada, and the United States.

(b) Immigration.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State and appropriate officials of the governments of Central American countries shall provide robust law enforcement assistance to such governments that specifically addresses migratory issues to increase the ability of such governments to dismantle human smuggling organizations and gain tighter control over the border.

(c) Border Security Between Mexico and Guatemala or Belize.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Government of Mexico, and appropriate officials of the Governments of Guatemala, Belize, and neighboring contiguous countries, shall establish a program to provide needed equipment, technical assistance, and vehicles to manage, regulate, and patrol the international border between Mexico and Guatemala and between Mexico and Belize.

(d) Tracking Central American Gangs.--The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Government of Mexico, and appropriate officials of the governments of Central American countries, shall--

(1) assess the direct and indirect impact on the United States and Central America on deporting violent criminal aliens;

(2) establish a program and database to track Central American gang activities, focusing on the identification of returning criminal deportees;

(3) devise an agreed-upon mechanism for notification applied prior to deportation and for support for reintegration of these deportees; and

(4) devise an agreement to share all relevant information with the appropriate agencies of Mexico and other Central American countries.

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SEC. 1502. BILATERAL EFFORTS WITH MEXICO TO REDUCE MIGRATION PRESSURES AND COSTS.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:

(1) Migration from Mexico to the United States is directly linked to the degree of economic opportunity and the standard of living in Mexico.

(2) Mexico comprises a prime source of migration to the United States.

(3) Remittances from Mexican citizens working in the United States reached a record high of nearly $17,000,000,000 in 2004.

(4) Migration patterns may be reduced from Mexico to the United States by addressing the degree of economic opportunity available to Mexican citizens.

(5) Many Mexican assets are held extra-legally and cannot be readily used as collateral for loans.

(6) A majority of Mexican businesses are small or medium size with limited access to financial capital.

(7) These factors constitute a major impediment to broad-based economic growth in Mexico.

( Approximately 20 percent of Mexico's population works in agriculture, with the majority of this population working on small farms and few on large commercial enterprises.

(9) The Partnership for Prosperity is a bilateral initiative launched jointly by the President of the United States and the President of Mexico in 2001, which aims to boost the social and economic standards of Mexican citizens, particularly in regions where economic growth has lagged and emigration has increased.

(10) The Presidents of Mexico and the United States and the Prime Minister of Canada, at their trilateral summit on March 23, 2005, agreed to promote economic growth, competitiveness, and quality of life in the agreement on Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America.

(b) Sense of Congress Regarding Partnership for Prosperity.--It is the sense of Congress that the United States and Mexico should accelerate the implementation of the Partnership for Prosperity to help generate economic growth and improve the standard of living in Mexico, which will lead to reduced migration, by--

(1) increasing access for poor and under served populations in Mexico to the financial services sector, including credit unions;

(2) assisting Mexican efforts to formalize its extra-legal sector, including the issuance of formal land titles, to enable Mexican citizens to use their assets to procure capital;

(3) facilitating Mexican efforts to establish an effective rural lending system for small- and medium-sized farmers that will--

(A) provide long term credit to borrowers;

(B) develop a viable network of regional and local intermediary lending institutions; and

(C) extend financing for alternative rural economic activities beyond direct agricultural production;

(4) expanding efforts to reduce the transaction costs of remittance flows in order to increase the pool of savings available to help finance domestic investment in Mexico;

(5) encouraging Mexican corporations to adopt internationally recognized corporate governance practices, including anti-corruption and transparency principles;

(6) enhancing Mexican efforts to strengthen governance at all levels, including efforts to improve transparency and accountability, and to eliminate corruption, which is the single biggest obstacle to development;

(7) assisting the Government of Mexico in implementing all provisions of the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption (ratified by Mexico on May 27, 1997) and urging the Government of Mexico to participate fully in the Convention's formal implementation monitoring mechanism;

( helping the Government of Mexico to strengthen education and training opportunities throughout the country, with a particular emphasis on improving rural education; and

(9) encouraging the Government of Mexico to create incentives for persons who have migrated to the United States to return to Mexico.

(c) Sense of Congress Regarding Bilateral Partnership on Health Care.--It is the sense of Congress that the Government of the United States and the Government of Mexico should enter into a partnership to examine uncompensated and burdensome health care costs incurred by the United States due to legal and illegal immigration, including--

(1) increasing health care access for poor and under served populations in Mexico;

(2) assisting Mexico in increasing its emergency and trauma health care facilities along the border, with emphasis on expanding prenatal care in the United States-Mexico border region;

(3) facilitating the return of stable, incapacitated workers temporarily employed in the United States to Mexico in order to receive extended, long-term care in their home country; and

(4) helping the Government of Mexico to establish a program with the private sector to cover the health care needs of Mexican nationals temporarily employed in the United States.

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SEC. 2004. BINATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE AND HEALTH INSURANCE.

(a) Study.--

(1) IN GENERAL.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall contract with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (referred to in this section as the ``Institute'') to study binational public health infrastructure and health insurance efforts.

(2) INPUT.--In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Institute shall solicit input from border health experts and health insurance companies.

(b) Report.--

(1) IN GENERAL.--Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary of Health and Human Services enters into a contract under subsection (a), the Institute shall submit a report concerning the study conducted under subsection (a) to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the appropriate committees of Congress.

(2) CONTENTS.--The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include the recommendations of the Institute on ways to expand or improve binational public health infrastructure and health insurance efforts.

Originally Posted by Neese

CONGRESS knows exactly where the bears are shitting in the woods. Make no mistake!

I am surprised that they have any place left to walk.

Wellllllllllll

Maybe the plan is for them to hop on the PELOSI AIRFORCE 3 - 757 - $15000 per hour to fly or $300,000 per flight, courtesy of the American taxpayer

Originally Posted by 2ndamendsis

Originally Posted by Neese

CONGRESS knows exactly where the bears are shitting in the woods. Make no mistake!

I am surprised that they have any place left to walk.

Wellllllllllll

Maybe the plan is for them to hop on the PELOSI AIRFORCE 3 - 757 - $15000 per hour to fly, courtesy of the American taxpayer

I know. What a crock that is. Some people were defending her by saying that she is wealthy and accustomed to that type of thing. Big deal...if you don't want the job as is, don't take the it.

Lord help me

KATE - you forgot to send the case of barf bags along with that TINY excerpt.