Thread: Attention! Activity on the Strive Act H.R. 1645

Pretty soon we're going to have to work in shifts just to keep an eye on them. They're so damn gung ho on legalizing thede illegals, they'll probably stay up another night to sneak something through. The only language these jerks understand is un-elect.

Originally Posted by tinybobidaho

Pretty soon we're going to have to work in shifts just to keep an eye on them. They're so damn gung ho on legalizing thede illegals, they'll probably stay up another night to sneak something through. The only language these jerks understand is un-elect.

I wouldn't put it past them there has been many in the middle of the night bills passed

SOME SECTIONS OF THE STRIVE ACT

Click here: Search Results - THOMAS (Library of Congress)
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.1645:
The "Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy (STRIVE) Act"

H.R.1645
Title: To provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] (introduced 3/22/2007) Latest Major Action: 5/5/2007
Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response

SUMMARY AS OF:
3/22/2007--Introduced.
Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy Act of 2007 or STRIVE Act of 2007- Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security from implementing the New Worker Program established in title IV or grant conditional nonimmigrant classification under title VI of this Act prior to certification to the President and to Congress that specified conditions have been met respecting: (1) border security; (2) document security; and (3) first phase implementation of the electronic employment verification system.

Directs the Secretary of State to negotiate bilateral agreements with H-2C worker home countries.Sets forth backlog reduction provisions respecting:
(1) family-sponsored and employment-based immigrant levels, including recapture of unused visas;
(2) country limits;
(3) immigrant visa allocations;
(4) shortage occupations;
(5) nurses and physical therapists;
(6) Iraqi and Afghan translators;
(7) aliens of extraordinary artistic ability;
8 Canadian powerline workers and boilermakers;
(9) aliens in specialty occupations;
(10) U.S. educated immigrants;
(11) students;
(12) L-visa (intracompany transfer) aliens; and
(13) minor children and widows.Provides for status adjustment filing of qualifying employment based immigrants regardless of whether an immigrant visa is immediately available.

Authorizes a six-year conditional nonimmigrant status for a qualifying alien (and spouse and children as conditional nonimmigrant dependents) who has been illegally and continually present and employed in the United States since before June 1, 2006 up to the present. Requires:
(1) criminal and security background checks;
(2) payment of a $500 fine and applicable application fees; and
(3) payment of tax obligations.
Prohibits such status for an alien who has:
(1) participated in persecutions; or
(2) been convicted of a felony or three or more misdemeanors.
Permits permanent resident status adjustment

Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2007 or DREAM Act of 2007 -
Repeals the denial of an unlawful alien's eligibility for higher education benefits based on state residence unless a U.S. national is similarly eligible without regard to such state residence.

Authorizes the Secretary
to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who:
(1) entered the United States before his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act;
(2) is a person of good moral character;
(3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds;
(4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; and
(5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal.

Sets forth the conditions for conditional permanent resident status.

Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2007 or AgJOBS Act of 2007 -
Directs the Secretary to confer "blue card status" upon an alien who:
(1) has performed agricultural employment in the United States for at least 863 hours or 150 work days during the 24-month period ending on December 31, 2006;
(2) applied for such status during the 18-month application period beginning on the first day of the seventh month that begins after the date of enactment of this Act;
(3) is otherwise admissible to the United States; and
(4) has not been convicted of any felony or a misdemeanor, an element of which involves bodily injury, threat of serious bodily injury, or harm to property in excess of $500.

Directs the Secretary
to adjust a blue card alien (and spouse and minor children) to permanent resident status if the alien has fulfilled specified periods of agricultural employment.

Amends the Social Security Act to exempt blue card aliens from prosecution for social security-related identity or payment false statements if such conduct occurred prior to the granting of blue card status.

Directs the Secretary to establish
an American citizenship grant program for qualified entities to provide civics, history, and English classes to promote the patriotic integration of prospective citizens.Authorizes the Secretary to establish the United States Citizenship Foundation to support the functions of the Office of Citizenship. Establishes a new citizens award program to recognize citizens who:
(1) have made an outstanding contribution to the United States; and
(2) were naturalized during the ten-year period ending on the date of such recognition.Authorizes the Secretary of State to award a grant to a U.S. land grant university to establish a national program for a broad, university-based Mexican rural poverty mitigation program. Provides for increases in DHS immigration attorneys and Department of Justice immigration attorneys and judges.

Expresses the sense of Congress that an effective and fair immigration court system should be established.Sets forth citizenship assistance provisions for members of the Armed Forces.Provides permanent resident status adjustment or cancellation of removal and permanent resident status adjustment for a requesting alien who was on September 10, 2001, the wife, child, or dependent son or daughter of a lawful nonimmigrant alien who died as a result of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States.Authorizes an alien who is under removal or ordered to depart voluntarily from the United States to apply for such status adjustment.Excludes from such provisions an alien who is:
(1) inadmissible or deportable under criminal or security grounds, including September 11, 2001, terrorist activity; or
(2) a family member of such an alien.
Establishes:
(1) the Office of Internal Corruption Investigation;
(2) the State Impact Assistance Account; and
(3) the New Worker Program and Conditional Nonimmigrant Fee Account; and
(4) the Immigrant Entrepeneur Regional Account Center.Provide permanent resident status adjustment for certain persecuted religious minorities.Establishes grants for state courts to implement programs to assist individuals with limited English proficiency to understand court proceedings. Provides for notice and hearing if DHS intends to remove an alien to a country other than the one designated at the removal hearing.Requires that Department of State and Department of Justice immigration documents comply with specified authentication, documentation, and machine readable standards.

COSPONSORS(72), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*(Sort: by date)Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 4/17/2007 Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] - 3/22/2007
Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] - 3/22/2007 Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 5/10/2007
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 4/19/2007 Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 5/15/2007
Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 5/10/2007 Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 5/3/2007
Rep Cardoza, Dennis A. [CA-18] - 3/22/2007 Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] - 6/14/2007
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 5/10/2007 Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 3/22/2007
Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] - 3/22/2007 Rep Davis, Artur [AL-7] - 4/17/2007
Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 3/28/2007 Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 4/18/2007
Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [FL-21] - 3/22/2007 Rep Diaz-Balart, Mario [FL-25] - 3/22/2007
Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 3/28/2007 Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 3/22/2007
Rep English, Phil [PA-3] - 4/18/2007 Rep Faleomavaega, Eni F.H. [AS] - 5/2/2007
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 4/17/2007 Rep Flake, Jeff [AZ-6] - 3/22/2007
Rep Fortuno, Luis G. [PR] - 3/22/2007 Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 4/17/2007
Rep Giffords, Gabrielle [AZ-8] - 3/22/2007 Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] - 3/22/2007
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 3/22/2007 Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] - 3/29/2007
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 3/28/2007 Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] - 3/22/2007
Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 3/26/2007 Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 5/21/2007
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 5/3/2007 Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 3/22/2007
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 5/1/2007 Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 5/2/2007
Rep LaHood, Ray [IL-18] - 3/22/2007 Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 3/29/2007
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 3/29/2007 Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 5/15/2007
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 5/15/2007 Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 5/3/2007
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 3/28/2007 Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] - 5/10/2007
Rep Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17] - 4/17/2007 Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] - 5/10/2007
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 4/24/2007 Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] - 3/22/2007
Rep Neal, Richard E. [MA-2] - 5/2/2007 Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 6/14/2007
Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 4/24/2007 Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. [TX-27] - 3/22/2007
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] - 4/17/2007 Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 3/22/2007
Rep Radanovich, George [CA-19] - 3/22/2007 Rep Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] - 3/22/2007
Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX-23] - 3/22/2007 Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] - 3/22/2007
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34] - 3/22/2007 Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] - 4/18/2007
Rep Salazar, John T. [CO-3] - 3/22/2007 Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 3/22/2007
Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 3/22/2007 Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 3/22/2007
Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 3/22/2007 Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 4/18/2007
Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 5/1/2007 Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 3/26/2007
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] - 3/28/2007 Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 5/10/2007

ALL ACTIONS:
3/22/2007:Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
3/22/2007:Referred to House Judiciary
3/22/2007:Referred to House Homeland Security
5/5/2007:Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
5/5/2007:Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight.
5/5/2007:Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Respon

tinybobidaho wrote:

Pretty soon we're going to have to work in shifts just to keep an eye on them.

I agree, there's so much amnesty and pro-illegal alien junk floating around (e.g., AgJobs, Dream Act, Strive Act, SCHIP, La Raza public funding, dangerous Mexican trucks, Arlen Specter's scheme etc.), it's tough to know what to focus on. I pace myself, and have been making phone calls before work (during the day if possible), and faxes at night. And I'll focus on specific bills each day, along with the reminder: "NO AMNESTY in any form, enforce existing immigration laws & build the fence" message.

And although I'm still P.O.'d at Kyl for pushing the huge amnesty bill earlier this summer, I think what he says here deserves a look (S. 1984) as a START:

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YW ... MyYTlkZDY=

http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/strive_summary.pdf

Summary of Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy Act of 2007 (STRIVE ACT of 2007)
3/20/07

CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS RULE
Sec. 623. Restoration of State option to determine residency for purposes of higher education benefits.

Immigration Enforcement by State and Local Police:
Reaffirms that law enforcement personnel of a state or political subdivision possess the inherent authority to enforce criminal provisions of the immigration laws in the normal course of carrying out law enforcement duties.

SEC. 607. EMPLOYER PROTECTIONS.

(a) Immigration Status of Alien-
Employers of aliens applying for conditional nonimmigrant or conditional nonimmigrant dependent classification or adjustment of status under section 601 or 602 shall not be subject to civil and criminal tax liability relating directly to the employment of such alien before receiving employment authorization under this subtitle.
(b) Provision of Employment Records-
Employers that provide unauthorized aliens with copies of employment records or other evidence of employment pursuant to an application for conditional nonimmigrant or conditional nonimmigrant dependent classification or adjustment of status under section 601 or 602 or any other application or petition pursuant to any other immigration law, shall not be subject to civil and criminal liability under section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a) for employing such unauthorized aliens.
(c) Applicability of Other Law- Nothing in this section may be used to shield an employer from liability under section 274B of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324b) or any other labor or employment law.

Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2007 or AgJOBS Act of 2007 -
Directs the Secretary to confer "blue card status" upon an alien who:
(1) has performed agricultural employment in the United States for at least 863 hours or 150 work days during the 24-month period ending on December 31, 2006;

Directs the Secretary
to adjust a blue card alien (and spouse and minor children) to permanent resident status if the alien has fulfilled specified periods of agricultural employment.

Amends the Social Security Act to exempt blue card aliens from prosecution for social security-related identity or payment false statements if such conduct occurred prior to the granting of blue card status.

Sec. 664. Addressing poverty in Mexico.

Working with Mexico:
Requires the U.S. to work with Mexico to address border security, human trafficking, drug trafficking, gang activity, violence against women in the U.S. and Mexico, etc.
DOS will work with the Mexican government to educate citizens and nationals of Mexico about eligibility requirements under the U.S. immigration laws to ensure that such individuals are not exploited while working in the United States; and also to encourage circular migration, including assistance with job and economic development for nationals and citizens of Mexico.

Increases Criminal Penalties for the Unauthorized Employment of Aliens.
NOTE: NOTHING UNDER THIS HEADING...................

Does anyone understand exactly what this means?
Please somebody explain it to me.


Immigration Enforcement by State and Local Police:
Reaffirms that law enforcement personnel of a state or political subdivision possess the inherent authority to enforce criminal provisions of the immigration laws in the normal course of carrying out law enforcement duties.