Thread: * Urgent * SENATE AMNESTY TEXT!! S.1348

790 PAGES OF ANTI-AMERICAN CRAP!

Shred this piece of crap apart asap.

The Vote for "cloture" will probably be WEDNESDAY!!

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S.1348
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (Placed on Calendar in Senate)

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title- This Act may be cited as the `Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007'.

(b) Table of Contents- The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Reference to the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Sec. 3. Definitions.

Sec. 4. Severability.

TITLE I--BORDER ENFORCEMENT

Subtitle A--Assets for Controlling United States Borders

Sec. 101. Enforcement personnel.

Sec. 102. Technological assets.

Sec. 103. Infrastructure.

Sec. 104. Border Patrol checkpoints.

Sec. 105. Ports of entry.

Sec. 106. Construction of strategic border fencing and vehicle barriers.

Subtitle B--Border Security Plans, Strategies, and Reports

Sec. 111. Surveillance plan.

Sec. 112. National Strategy for Border Security.

Sec. 113. Reports on improving the exchange of information on North American security.

Sec. 114. Improving the security of Mexico's southern border.

Sec. 115. Combating human smuggling.

Sec. 116. Deaths at United States-Mexico border.

Sec. 117. Cooperation with the Government of Mexico.

Subtitle C--Other Border Security Initiatives

Sec. 121. Biometric data enhancements.

Sec. 122. Secure communication.

Sec. 123. Border Patrol training capacity review.

Sec. 124. US-VISIT System.

Sec. 125. Document fraud detection.

Sec. 126. Improved document integrity.

Sec. 127. Cancellation of visas.

Sec. 128. Biometric entry-exit system.

Sec. 129. Border study.

Sec. 130. Secure Border Initiative financial accountability.

Sec. 131. Mandatory detention for aliens apprehended at or between ports of entry.

Sec. 132. Evasion of inspection or violation of arrival, reporting, entry, or clearance requirements.

Sec. 133. Temporary National Guard support for securing the southern land border of the United States.

Sec. 134. Report on incentives to encourage certain members and former members of the Armed Forces to serve in United States Customs and Border Protection.

Sec. 135. Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative.

Subtitle D--Border Law Enforcement Relief Act

Sec. 141. Short title.

Sec. 142. Findings.

Sec. 143. Border relief grant program.

Sec. 144. Enforcement of Federal immigration law.

Subtitle E--Rapid Response Measures

Sec. 151. Deployment of Border Patrol agents.

Sec. 152. Border Patrol major assets.

Sec. 153. Electronic equipment.

Sec. 154. Personal equipment.

Sec. 155. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE II--INTERIOR ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 201. Removal and denial of benefits to terrorist aliens.

Sec. 202. Detention and removal of aliens ordered removed.

Sec. 203. Aggravated felony.

Sec. 204. Terrorist bars.

Sec. 205. Increased criminal penalties related to gang violence, removal, and alien smuggling.

Sec. 206. Illegal entry.

Sec. 207. Illegal reentry.

Sec. 208. Reform of passport, visa, and Immigration fraud offenses.

Sec. 209. Inadmissibility and removal for passport and immigration fraud offenses.

Sec. 210. Incarceration of criminal aliens.

Sec. 211. Encouraging aliens to depart voluntarily.

Sec. 212. Deterring aliens ordered removed from remaining in the United States unlawfully.

Sec. 213. Prohibition of the sale of firearms to, or the possession of firearms by certain aliens.

Sec. 214. Uniform statute of limitations for certain immigration, naturalization, and peonage offenses.

Sec. 215. Diplomatic Security Service.

Sec. 216. Field agent allocation and background checks.

Sec. 217. Construction.

Sec. 218. State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.

Sec. 219. Transportation and processing of illegal aliens apprehended by State and local law enforcement officers.

Sec. 220. Reducing illegal immigration and alien smuggling on tribal lands.

Sec. 221. Alternatives to detention.

Sec. 222. Conforming amendment.

Sec. 223. Reporting requirements.

Sec. 224. State and local enforcement of Federal immigration laws.

Sec. 225. Removal of drunk drivers.

Sec. 226. Medical services in underserved areas.

Sec. 227. Expedited removal.

Sec. 228. Protecting immigrants from convicted sex offenders.

Sec. 229. Law enforcement authority of States and political subdivisions and transfer to Federal custody.

Sec. 230. Laundering of monetary instruments.

Sec. 231. Listing of Immigration violators in the National Crime Information Center database.

Sec. 232. Cooperative enforcement programs.

Sec. 233. Increase of Federal detention space and the utilization of facilities identified for closures as a result of the Defense Base Closure Realignment Act of 1990.

Sec. 234. Determination of immigration status of individuals charged with Federal offenses.

Sec. 235. Expansion of the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transfer System.

TITLE III--UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS

Sec. 301. Unlawful employment of aliens.

Sec. 302. Employer Compliance Fund.

Sec. 303. Additional worksite enforcement and fraud detection agents.

Sec. 304. Clarification of ineligibility for misrepresentation.

Sec. 305. Antidiscrimination protections.

TITLE IV--NONIMMIGRANT AND IMMIGRANT VISA REFORM

Subtitle A--Temporary Guest Workers

Sec. 401. Immigration impact study.

Sec. 402. Nonimmigrant temporary worker.

Sec. 403. Admission of nonimmigrant temporary guest workers.

Sec. 404. Employer obligations.

Sec. 405. Alien employment management system.

Sec. 406. Rulemaking; effective date.

Sec. 407. Recruitment of United States workers.

Sec. 408. Temporary Guest Worker Visa Program Task Force.

Sec. 409. Requirements for participating countries.

Sec. 410. S visas.

Sec. 411. L visa limitations.

Sec. 412. Compliance investigators.

Sec. 413. Visa waiver program expansion.

Sec. 414. Authorization of appropriations.

Subtitle B--Immigration Injunction Reform

Sec. 421. Short title.

Sec. 422. Appropriate remedies for immigration legislation.

Sec. 423. Effective date.

TITLE V--BACKLOG REDUCTION

Subtitle A--Backlog Reduction

Sec. 501. Elimination of existing backlogs.

Sec. 502. Country limits.

Sec. 503. Allocation of immigrant visas.

Sec. 504. Relief for minor children and widows.

Sec. 505. Shortage occupations.

Sec. 506. Relief for widows and orphans.

Sec. 507. Student visas.

Sec. 508. Visas for individuals with advanced degrees.

Sec. 509. Children of Filipino World War II veterans.

Sec. 510. Expedited adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability.

Sec. 511. Powerline workers.

Sec. 512. Determinations with respect to children under the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998.

Subtitle B--SKIL Act of 2007

Sec. 521. Short title.

Sec. 522. H-1B visa holders.

Sec. 523. Market-based visa limits.

Sec. 524. United States educated immigrants.

Sec. 525. Student visa reform.

Sec. 526. L-1 visa holders subject to visa backlog.

Sec. 527. Retaining workers subject to green card backlog.

Sec. 528. Streamlining the adjudication process for established employers.

Sec. 529. Providing premium processing of employment-based visa petitions.

Sec. 530. Eliminating procedural delays in labor certification process.

Sec. 531. Completion of background and security checks.

Sec. 532. Visa revalidation.

Subtitle C--Preservation of Immigration Benefits for Hurricane Katrina Victims

Sec. 541. Short title.

Sec. 542. Definitions.

Sec. 543. Special immigrant status.

Sec. 544. Extension of filing or reentry deadlines.

Sec. 545. Humanitarian relief for certain surviving spouses and children.

Sec. 546. Recipient of public benefits.

Sec. 547. Age-out protection.

Sec. 548. Employment eligibility verification.

Sec. 549. Naturalization.

Sec. 550. Discretionary authority.

Sec. 551. Evidentiary standards and regulations.

Sec. 552. Identification documents.

Sec. 553. Waiver of regulations.

Sec. 554. Notices of change of address.

Sec. 555. Foreign students and exchange program participants.

TITLE VI--WORK AUTHORIZATION AND LEGALIZATION OF UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUALS

Subtitle A--Access to Earned Adjustment and Mandatory Departure and Reentry

Sec. 601. Access to earned adjustment and mandatory departure and reentry.

Subtitle B--Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security

Sec. 611. Short title.

Sec. 612. Definitions.

Chapter 1--Pilot Program for Earned Status Adjustment of Agricultural Workers

Sec. 613. Agricultural workers.

Sec. 614. Correction of Social Security records.

Chapter 2--Reform of H-2A Worker Program

Sec. 615. Amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Chapter 3--Miscellaneous Provisions

Sec. 616. Determination and use of user fees.

Sec. 617. Regulations.

Sec. 618. Report to Congress.

Sec. 619. Effective date.

Subtitle C--DREAM Act of 2007

Sec. 621. Short title.

Sec. 622. Definitions.

Sec. 623. Restoration of State option to determine residency for purposes of higher education benefits.

Sec. 624. Cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain long-term residents who entered the United States as children.

Sec. 625. Conditional permanent resident status.

Sec. 626. Retroactive benefits.

Sec. 627. Exclusive jurisdiction.

Sec. 628. Penalties for false statements in application.

Sec. 629. Confidentiality of information.

Sec. 630. Expedited processing of applications; prohibition on fees.

Sec. 631. Higher Education assistance.

Sec. 632. GAO report.

Subtitle D--Programs To Assist Nonimmigrant Workers

Sec. 641. Ineligibility and removal before application period.

Sec. 642. Grants to support public education and community training.

Sec. 643. Strengthening American citizenship.

Sec. 644. Supplemental immigration fee.

Sec. 645. Addressing poverty in Mexico.

TITLE VII--MISCELLANEOUS

Subtitle A--Immigration Litigation Reduction

Chapter 1--Appeals and Review

Sec. 701. Additional immigration personnel.

Chapter 2--Immigration Review Reform

Sec. 702. Board of Immigration Appeals.

Sec. 703. Immigration judges.

Sec. 704. Removal and review of judges.

Sec. 705. Legal orientation program.

Sec. 706. Rulemaking.

Sec. 707. GAO study on the appellate process for immigration appeals.

Sec. 708. Senior judge participation in the selection of magistrates.

Subtitle B--Citizenship Assistance for Members of the Armed Services

Sec. 711. Short title.

Sec. 712. Waiver of requirement for fingerprints for members of the Armed Forces.

Sec. 713. Provision of information on naturalization to members of the Armed Forces.

Sec. 714. Provision of information on naturalization to the public.

Sec. 715. Reports.

Subtitle C--State Court Interpreter Grant Program

Sec. 721. Short title.

Sec. 722. Findings.

Sec. 723. State court interpreter grants.

Sec. 724. Authorization of appropriations.

Subtitle D--Border Infrastructure and Technology Modernization

Sec. 731. Short title.

Sec. 732. Definitions.

Sec. 733. Port of Entry Infrastructure Assessment Study.

Sec. 734. National Land Border Security Plan.

Sec. 735. Expansion of commerce security programs.

Sec. 736. Port of entry technology demonstration program.

Sec. 737. Authorization of appropriations.

Subtitle E--Family Humanitarian Relief

Sec. 741. Short title.

Sec. 742. Adjustment of status for certain nonimmigrant victims of terrorism.

Sec. 743. Cancellation of removal for certain immigrant victims of terrorism.

Sec. 744. Exceptions.

Sec. 745. Evidence of death.

Sec. 746. Definitions.

Subtitle F--Other Matters

Sec. 751. Noncitizen membership in the Armed Forces.

Sec. 752. Surveillance technologies programs.

Sec. 753. Comprehensive immigration efficiency review.

Sec. 754. Northern Border Prosecution Initiative.

Sec. 755. Southwest Border Prosecution Initiative.

Sec. 756. Grant program to assist eligible applicants.

Sec. 757. Screening of municipal solid waste.

Sec. 758. Access to immigration services in areas that are not accessible by road.

Sec. 759. Border security on certain Federal land.

Sec. 760. Unmanned aerial vehicles.

Sec. 761. Relief for widows and orphans.

Sec. 762. Terrorist activities.

Sec. 763. Family unity.

Sec. 764. Travel document plan.

Sec. 765. English as national language.

Sec. 766. Requirements for naturalization.

Sec. 767. Declaration of English.

Sec. 768. Preserving and enhancing the role of the English language.

Sec. 769. Exclusion of illegal aliens from congressional apportionment tabulations.

Sec. 770. Office of Internal Corruption Investigation.

Sec. 771. Adjustment of status for certain persecuted religious minorities.

Sec. 772. Eligibility of agricultural and forestry workers for certain legal assistance.

Sec. 773. Designation of program countries.

Sec. 774. Global healthcare cooperation.

Sec. 775. Attestation by healthcare workers.

Sec. 776. Public access to the Statue of Liberty.

Sec. 777. National security determination.

TITLE VIII--INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION REFORM

Sec. 801. Short title.

Sec. 802. Findings; purposes.

Sec. 803. Definitions.

Subtitle A--Administration of Intercountry Adoptions

Sec. 811. Office of Intercountry Adoptions.

Sec. 812. Recognition of convention adoptions in the United States.

Sec. 813. Technical and conforming amendment.

Sec. 814. Transfer of functions.

Sec. 815. Transfer of resources.

Sec. 816. Incidental transfers.

Sec. 817. Savings provisions.

Subtitle B--Reform of United States Laws Governing Intercountry Adoptions

Sec. 821. Automatic acquisition of citizenship for adopted children born outside the United States.

Sec. 822. Revised procedures.

Sec. 823. Nonimmigrant visas for children traveling to the United States to be adopted by a United States citizen.

Sec. 824. Definition of adoptable child.

Sec. 825. Approval to adopt.

Sec. 826. Adjudication of child status.

Sec. 827. Funds.

Subtitle C--Enforcement

Sec. 831. Civil penalties and enforcement.

Sec. 832. Criminal penalties.

SEC. 2. REFERENCE TO THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.

Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:

(1) DEPARTMENT- Except as otherwise provided, the term `Department' means the Department of Homeland Security.

(2) SECRETARY- Except as otherwise provided, the term `Secretary' means the Secretary of Homeland Security.

SEC. 4. SEVERABILITY.

If any provision of this Act, any amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid for any reason, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and the application of the provisions of such to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected by such holding.

TITLE I--BORDER ENFORCEMENT

Subtitle A--Assets for Controlling United States Borders

What the hell is that? It not only appears to give illegals EVERYTHING, but check out this part:

"Sec. 113. Reports on improving the exchange of information on North American security.

Sec. 114. Improving the security of Mexico's southern border. "

And they claim to know nothing of the plan for a NAU?????

THAT! is the HAIL MARY AMNESTY BOMB that the Senate has just released!!!!

This part explains which illegals will be granted amnesty and what requirements they will have to pass.

TITLE VI--WORK AUTHORIZATION AND LEGALIZATION OF UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUALS
Subtitle A--Access to Earned Adjustment and Mandatory Departure and Reentry

Originally Posted by 2ndamendsis

THAT! is the HAIL MARY AMNESTY BOMB that the Senate has just released!!!!

Please go back and read my edit.....

Please find anything in this bill the public would not like.

Then place quotes on the language you have found with a brief description and please indicate the exact location of the material you offer.

I will help you determine what we can use or not and will then bullet the info into usable language for our activists.

We need to move on this quickly because a Cloture vote could come as early as Wed!

Dig in team!

W

This bill does nothing except set up more and more regulations on an already overburdened immigration system. They need to stop trying to FIX everything and ENFORCE OUR LAWS!

OK guys........Let's get this going so that it can be READ & UNDERSTOOD by everyone who stops by ALIPAC today

Leave no stone unturned!! Everything that we mine in this process will be ammunition in our communications with the senate!!!

> Take a SECTION
> Post the Language you are working on
> Then begin posting your findings to that SECTION

We're going to disect, shred and spit this evil garbage right back at the senate today

TITLE VI--WORK AUTHORIZATION AND LEGALIZATION OF UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUALS

Subtitle A--Access to Earned Adjustment and Mandatory Departure and Reentry
SEC. 601. ACCESS TO EARNED ADJUSTMENT AND MANDATORY DEPARTURE AND REENTRY.
`SEC. 245B. ACCESS TO EARNED ADJUSTMENT.
`(ii) EXCEPTIONS-

`(I) The employment requirement in clause (i)(I) shall not apply to an individual who is under 20 years of age on the date of enactment of the Immigrant Accountability Act of 2007.

`(II) The employment requirement in clause (i)(II) shall be reduced for an individual who cannot demonstrate employment based on a physical or mental disability or as a result of pregnancy.

`(III) The employment requirement in clause (i)(II) shall be reduced for an individual who is under 20 years of age on the date of enactment of the Immigrant Accountability Act of 2007 by a period of time equal to the time period beginning on such date of enactment and ending on the date on which the individual reaches 20 years of age.

`(IV) The employment requirements in clause (i) shall be reduced by 1 year for each year of full time post-secondary study in the United States during the relevant period.

`(V) The employment requirement under clause (i)(I) shall not apply to any individual who is 65 years of age or older on the date of the enactment of the Immigrant Accountability Act of 2007.

TITLE VI--WORK AUTHORIZATION AND LEGALIZATION OF UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUALS

Subtitle A--Access to Earned Adjustment and Mandatory Departure and Reentry

SEC. 601. ACCESS TO EARNED ADJUSTMENT AND MANDATORY DEPARTURE AND REENTRY.

`SEC. 245B. ACCESS TO EARNED ADJUSTMENT.
Bold documentation are highly suspect to fraud.

`(I) CONCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS- For purposes of satisfying the requirements in clause (i), the alien shall submit at least 2 of the following documents for each period of employment, which shall be considered conclusive evidence of such employment:
`(aa) Records maintained by the Social Security Administration.

`(bb) Records maintained by an employer, such as pay stubs, time sheets, or employment work verification.

`(cc) Records maintained by the Internal Revenue Service.

`(dd) Records maintained by a union or day labor center.

`(ee) Records maintained by any other government agency, such as worker compensation records, disability records, or business licensing records.


`(II) OTHER DOCUMENTS- An alien who is unable to submit a document described in subclause (I) may satisfy the requirement in clause (i) by submitting to the Secretary at least 2 other types of reliable documents that provide evidence of employment for each required period of employment, including--
`(aa) bank records;

`(bb) business records;

`(cc) sworn affidavits from non-relatives who have direct knowledge of the alien's work, including the name, address, and phone number of the affiant, the nature and duration of the relationship between the affiant and the alien, and other verification information; or

`(dd) remittance records.