CapitolWatch Supports H.R. 4437: Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005


WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Rep. James F. Sensenbrenner (WI) has
introduced H.R. 4437, an immigration bill that not only emphasizes border
protection but includes measures that are directed toward anti-terrorism. Here
are just a few of the features of the bill:

H.R. 4437 gives more direction to the Secretary of the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) and the Secretary of Defense in five specific areas:

1) It calls for them to develop a plan to increase the availability of the
Department of Defense surveillance along the U.S. international land
and maritime borders
2) To assess border security vulnerabilities on Department of Interior
land directly adjacent to the U.S. border
3) Conduct a training exercise on border security information sharing
4) Establish a Border Security Advisory Committee
5) Establish a university-based center of Excellence for Border Security

Additionally, the bill also requires that the Secretary of DHS place any
alien, unless from Mexico or Canada or who has not been admitted or paroled,
into expedited removal if apprehended within 100 miles of the border and
within 14 days of unauthorized entry.
H.R. 4437 also amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in
the DHS an Office of Air and Marine Operations whose primary mission shall be
to prevent the entry of terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of
terrorism, narcotics, and other contraband into the United States.
Rep. Sensenbrenner's bill is one that is seeking to strengthen already
existing border laws but also to build up counter-terrorism measures,
including Air and Marine operations to combat the problems associated with
illegal immigration. CapitolWatch asks Congress to support Rep. Sensenbrenner
and help pass H.R. 4437: the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal
Immigration Control Act of 2005.



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