Border Visibility and Security Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo ensure operational control of the southwest border, and for other purposes.
To ensure operational control of the southwest border, and for other purposes.
To clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
To provide for U.S. Border Patrol Processing Coordinators to enhance border security, and for other purposes.
To reform the process for enforcing the immigration laws of the United States, and for other purposes.
To prohibit Federal funds from being used to violate the terms of the Flores settlement agreement, and for other purposes.
A bill to require asylum officers to conduct credible fear screenings before admitting aliens seeking asylum into the United States, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish an alternatives to detention pilot program, and to clarify that aliens transiting through third countries on the way to the United States are ineligible for asylum, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify the officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection are authorized to conduct asylum interviews, and for other purposes.
To require asylum officers to conduct credible fear screenings before admitting aliens seeking asylum into the United States, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish an alternatives to detention pilot program, and to clarify that aliens transiting through third countries on the way to the United States are ineligible for asylum, and for other purposes.
A bill to ensure the humane treatment of pregnant women by reinstating the presumption of release and prohibiting shackling, restraining, and other inhumane treatment of pregnant detainees, and for other purposes.
To respond to the Northern Triangle migrant surge at the southern border in a strategic and humane manner, and for other purposes.
To ensure the humane treatment of pregnant women by reinstating the presumption of release and prohibiting shackling, restraining, and other inhumane treatment of pregnant detainees, and for other purposes.
A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to annually hire at least 600 new Border Patrol agents, to report quarterly to Congress on the status of the Border Patrol workforce, and to conduct a comprehensive staffing analysis.
To protect the health and safety of children in immigration detention, and for other purposes.
A bill to protect the health and safety of children in immigration detention, and for other purposes.
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to use alternatives to detention for certain vulnerable immigrant populations, and for other purposes.
A bill to limit the separation of children from their parents or legal guardians, to limit the detention of families and children, to provide unaccompanied alien children with access to counsel, to increase the number of immigration judges and support staff, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to protect alien minors and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to end abuse of the asylum system and establish refugee application and processing centers outside the United States, and for other purposes.
A bill to strengthen border security, increase resources for enforcement of immigration laws, and for other purposes.
A bill to clarify responsibilities related to unaccompanied alien children, to provide additional protections and tracking mechanisms for such children, and for other purposes.
To support the people of Central America and strengthen United States national security by addressing the root causes of migration from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to address the protective custody of alien children accompanied by parents, and for other purposes.
A bill to provide standards for facilities at which aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security are detained, and for other purposes.
To authorize the Attorney General to appoint 100 additional immigration judges, and for other purposes.
To provide supplemental appropriations relating to border security, and for other purposes.
To prohibit the transfer, obligation, or expenditure of Federal funds to take property for the construction of a wall along the southern border, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to address the protective custody of alien children accompanied by parents, and for other purposes.
To provide standards for facilities at which aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security are detained, and for other purposes.
A bill to provide provisional protected presence status for certain aliens and to provide mandatory appropriations relating to border security.
A bill to provide deferred action for certain individuals brought to the United States and to establish a border security trust fund, and for other purposes.
To provide oversight of the border zone in which Federal agents may conduct vehicle checkpoints and stops and enter private land without a warrant, and to make technical corrections.
To prohibit the use of amounts appropriated for military construction or the Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of barriers, land acquisition, or any other associated activities on the southern border without specific statutory authorization from Congress.
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require border community stakeholder consultation before the Secretary of Homeland Security may construct, install, deploy, operate, or maintain additional physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, or technology between ports of entry along the land border with Mexico, and for other purposes.
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a fund for private landowners, and for other purposes.
To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal certain waiver authority relating to the construction of new border barriers, and for other purposes.
To reunite families separated at or near ports of entry, and for other purposes.
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to build a wall along the southern border, and for other purposes.
To provide appropriations to secure the southern border of the United States, and for other purposes.
To reserve any amounts forfeited to the United States Government as a result of the criminal prosecution of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera (commonly known as "El Chapo"), or of other felony convictions involving the transportation of controlled substances into the United States, for security measures along the Southern border, including the completion of a border wall.
To amend the Wilderness Act to authorize U.S. Customs and Border Protection to conduct certain activities to secure the international land borders of the United States, and for other purposes.
To clarify standards of family detention and the treatment of unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines.
A bill to prohibit the construction of certain elements of a physical barrier along the southern border of the United States in Federal wildlife and wilderness areas and on State land.
A bill to ensure the receipt of required compensation before physical possession by the Federal Government of any land subject to the use of eminent domain for the construction of United States border infrastructure and to provide for a consultation process prior to acquiring land for border infrastructure.
A bill to provide for additional supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, for border security and disaster relief.
A bill to prohibit certain funds from being transferred or reprogrammed to plan, develop, or construct a new physical barrier along the southwest border, and for other purposes.
A bill to prohibit the use of amounts appropriated for military construction or the Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of barriers, land acquisition, or any other associated activities on the southern border without specific statutory authorization from Congress.
A bill to enhance border security to reduce drug trafficking and related money laundering.
A bill to appropriate $25,000,000,000 for the construction of a border wall between the United States and Mexico, and for other purposes.
To provide for the issuance of revenue bonds to fund construction of a physical border barrier and related technology, roads, and lighting along the United States border with Mexico.
To limit the separation of families at or near ports of entry.