TRUE Enforcement and Border Security Act of 2005
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and other Act to provide for true enforcement and border security, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and other Act to provide for true enforcement and border security, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4312, the Border Security and Terrorism Prevention Act, would enhance infrastructure at the border and develop a National Strategy for Border Protection. It would also increase interior enforcement by eliminating the "catch and release" practice for illegal aliens and add 32,000 detention beds.
2005: Sponsored H.CON.RES. 295, introduced by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to annually compile data relating to unauthorized aliens who cross the borders into the United States.
H.Con.Res. 295 would prohibit international trade and investment agreements from increasing foreign-worker importation.
To expand the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to transport and remove aliens unlawfully present in the United States.
2006: Sponsored H.R. 4240, Secure America Act of 2005, introduced by Rep. John Hostettler (R-Ind.)
H.R. 4240, the Secure America Act, would increase border control by permitting the use of the Army and Air Force to secure the border and increase interior enforcement by increasing criminal fines and penalties for alien smuggling and by authorizing DHS to deny admission to aliens from countries that refuse to accept return of their nationals who are removed by the United States.