Thread: SAVE Act Enforces Immigration Laws

SAVE Act Enforces Immigration Laws
by Ericka Andersen

Six years after 9-11, and after nearly a year of wrangling over President Bush’s disastrous plan for “comprehensive immigration reformâ€

House measure rejects ‘amnesty’
By Stephen Dinan

More than 80 House Democrats and Republicans yesterday teamed up to propose a new immigration-enforcement bill, saying they reject the Senate’s two attempts at “amnestyâ€

Cramer announces bill to reduce flowof illegal immigrants
'Enforcement-first provisions' backed through SAVE Act
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
From staff reports
Huntsville Times
U.S. Rep. Bud Cramer announced Tuesday that he and a bipartisan group of House members have introduced a bill designed to reduce illegal immigration in the United States.

The Secure America with Verification and Enforcement (SAVE) Act seeks to reduce illegal immigration through "enforcement-first provisions," according to a news release from Cramer's office.

The bill would add border patrol agents, improve federal and local law enforcement's capabilities against illegal immigrants and strengthen the existing employment verification system, the release states. The legislation does not provide amnesty for illegal immigrants already in the country.

"I have heard from countless people in North Alabama who are fed up with the number of illegal immigrants in our country," said Cramer, D-Huntsville. "This bill is an enforcement-only piece of legislation. The purpose is to stop the flow of illegal immigrants in the country, to give law enforcement additional tools to arrest illegal immigrants and deport them back to their native countries, and to prevent illegal immigrants from easily obtaining employment."

8,000 agents

Specifically, the SAVE Act would add 8,000 border patrol agents and employ additional surveillance technology, including Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, to create a virtual fence along the northern and southern borders. The bill also adds 1,150 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as well as provide 8,000 additional beds for illegal immigrants detained by law enforcement officials.

The bill also requires information sharing between the Department of Homeland Security, the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service to strengthen the E-Verify program in order to assist employers as they verify the legal status of their employees.

The SAVE Act has 90 cosponsors in the House of Representatives.

www.al.com

Added to Homepage:
http://www.alipac.us/article-2701--0-0.html

The SAVE ACT Bill's number has been posted as H.R. 4088 but the text of the bill has not been posted on Thomas yet.

Thank you 80 Republicans and Democrats for introducing this bill, being sponsors and doing the leg work and politicking that will be required to get it passed.

The provisions sound good and I trust those people who have worked hard and long reviewing it ...

Lets Do It!!

We still have our laws to detain and deport and deport we will.

[quote]“I think this is political theater more than serious policy-making,â€

[quote]“We’ve been trying, we’ve been dedicating significant resources to this problem for 20 years now, and the problem is worse than it’s ever been,â€

H.R.4088
Title: To provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program.
Sponsor: Rep Shuler, Heath [NC-11] (introduced 11/6/2007) Cosponsors (89)
Latest Major Action: 11/6/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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COSPONSORS(89) as of 11/6/2007 , ALPHABETICAL:

Rep Alexander, Rodney [LA-5] - 11/6/2007 Rep Altmire, Jason [PA-4] - 11/6/2007
Rep Arcuri, Michael A. [NY-24] - 11/6/2007 Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] - 11/6/2007
Rep Barrett, J. Gresham [SC-3] - 11/6/2007 Rep Barrow, John [GA-12] - 11/6/2007
Rep Bean, Melissa L. [IL-8] - 11/6/2007 Rep Berry, Marion [AR-1] - 11/6/2007
Rep Bilbray, Brian P. [CA-50] - 11/6/2007 Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [GA-2] - 11/6/2007
Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] - 11/6/2007 Rep Boozman, John [AR-3] - 11/6/2007
Rep Boren, Dan [OK-2] - 11/6/2007 Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] - 11/6/2007
Rep Boucher, Rick [VA-9] - 11/6/2007 Rep Boyd, Allen [FL-2] - 11/6/2007
Rep Boyda, Nancy E. [KS-2] - 11/6/2007 Rep Broun, Paul C. [GA-10] - 11/6/2007
Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5] - 11/6/2007 Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-44] - 11/6/2007
Rep Capito, Shelley Moore [WV-2] - 11/6/2007 Rep Carney, Christopher P. [PA-10] - 11/6/2007
Rep Coble, Howard [NC-6] - 11/6/2007 Rep Cooper, Jim [TN-5] - 11/6/2007
Rep Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [AL-5] - 11/6/2007 Rep Culberson, John Abney [TX-7] - 11/6/2007
Rep Davis, Artur [AL-7] - 11/6/2007 Rep Davis, David [TN-1] - 11/6/2007
Rep Davis, Lincoln [TN-4] - 11/6/2007 Rep Deal, Nathan [GA-9] - 11/6/2007
Rep Donnelly, Joe [IN-2] - 11/6/2007 Rep Doolittle, John T. [CA-4] - 11/6/2007
Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] - 11/6/2007 Rep Ellsworth, Brad [IN-8] - 11/6/2007
Rep Fallin, Mary [OK-5] - 11/6/2007 Rep Feeney, Tom [FL-24] - 11/6/2007
Rep Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [NY-20] - 11/6/2007 Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] - 11/6/2007
Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [VA-5] - 11/6/2007 Rep Goodlatte, Bob [VA-6] - 11/6/2007
Rep Gordon, Bart [TN-6] - 11/6/2007 Rep Graves, Sam [MO-6] - 11/6/2007
Rep Hayes, Robin [NC-8] - 11/6/2007 Rep Higgins, Brian [NY-27] - 11/6/2007
Rep Hill, Baron P. [IN-9] - 11/6/2007 Rep Hodes, Paul W. [NH-2] - 11/6/2007
Rep Holden, Tim [PA-17] - 11/6/2007 Rep Hunter, Duncan [CA-52] - 11/6/2007
Rep Inglis, Bob [SC-4] - 11/6/2007 Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] - 11/6/2007
Rep Kagen, Steve [WI-8] - 11/6/2007 Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. [PA-11] - 11/6/2007
Rep Lamborn, Doug [CO-5] - 11/6/2007 Rep Lampson, Nick [TX-22] - 11/6/2007
Rep Marshall, Jim [GA-8] - 11/6/2007 Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10] - 11/6/2007
Rep McHenry, Patrick T. [NC-10] - 11/6/2007 Rep McIntyre, Mike [NC-7] - 11/6/2007
Rep McNerney, Jerry [CA-11] - 11/6/2007 Rep Melancon, Charlie [LA-3] - 11/6/2007
Rep Miller, Gary G. [CA-42] - 11/6/2007 Rep Miller, Jeff [FL-1] - 11/6/2007
Rep Murphy, Patrick J. [PA-8] - 11/6/2007 Rep Murtha, John P. [PA-12] - 11/6/2007
Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] - 11/6/2007 Rep Perlmutter, Ed [CO-7] - 11/6/2007
Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] - 11/6/2007 Rep Price, Tom [GA-6] - 11/6/2007
Rep Renzi, Rick [AZ-1] - 11/6/2007 Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX-23] - 11/6/2007
Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] - 11/6/2007 Rep Roskam, Peter J. [IL-6] - 11/6/2007
Rep Ross, Mike [AR-4] - 11/6/2007 Rep Royce, Edward R. [CA-40] - 11/6/2007
Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] - 11/6/2007 Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-32] - 11/6/2007
Rep Shuster, Bill [PA-9] - 11/6/2007 Rep Smith, Adrian [NE-3] - 11/6/2007
Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] - 11/6/2007 Rep Space, Zachary T. [OH-18] - 11/6/2007
Rep Stupak, Bart [MI-1] - 11/6/2007 Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6] - 11/6/2007
Rep Tanner, John S. [TN-8] - 11/6/2007 Rep Taylor, Gene [MS-4] - 11/6/2007
Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] - 11/6/2007 Rep Walberg, Timothy [MI-7] - 11/6/2007
Rep Wamp, Zach [TN-3] - 11/6/2007 Rep Weldon, Dave [FL-15] - 11/6/2007

Some of you Ron Paul supporters need to call and get him to cosponsor this bill!