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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · May 3, 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Border Enforcement Title II: Control of Unlawful Employment and Verification Title III: Illegal Alien Removal Title IV: Alien Smuggling Control Title V: Inspections and Admissions Title VI: Miscellaneous and Technical Amendments Immigration Enforcement Improvements Act of 1995 - Title I: Border Enforcement - Authorizes appropriations for Department of Justice illegal immigration prevention efforts. (Sec. 102) Provides for Border Patrol and land border inspector increases. (Sec. 104) Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to increase penalties for failure to depart, illegal reentry, and passport and visa fraud. (Sec. 105) Authorizes the Attorney General to establish an interior repatriation pilot program for excludable or deportable aliens. (Sec. 106) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act) to authorize the Attorney General, under extraordinary migration situations, to order without referral to an immigration judge the exclusion or deportation of an alien who appears to an examining immigration officer to be excludable. (Sec. 107) Permits Federal agency reimbursement from the immigration emergency fund. Provides, in situations of mass alien influx, for: (1) vessel controls; and (2) local delegation of immigration enforcement authority. (Sec. 108) Expands commuter lane pilot border programs. Title II: Control of Unlawful Employment and Verification - Amends the Act to authorize the Attorney General to require an individual to provide his or social security number for employment verification papers. (Sec. 202) Directs the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Social Security to conduct employment verification pilot projects (which shall provide for confidentiality of personal information). (Sec. 204) Amends the Act to authorize the Attorney General to require an alien to provide his or her social security number. (Sec. 205) Increases civil and criminal penalties for specified employer-related violations. (Sec. 212) Authorizes a telephone verification system fee. (Sec. 213) Authorizes appropriations for activities under this title. Title III: Illegal Alien Removal - Amends the Act to subject aliens to civil penalties for failure to depart after an order of exclusion or deportation. (Sec. 302) Expands the scope of judicial deportation. (Sec. 303) Permits deportation proceedings by telephone or video electronic media. (Sec. 304) Authorizes an immigration judge to issue subpoenas in exclusion or deportation proceedings. (Sec. 305) Provides for stipulated orders of exclusion or deportation. (Sec. 306) Revises exclusion and deportation appeal provisions. (Sec. 307) Authorizes visa discontinuance sanctions against a country that refuses to accept deportation of its nationals. (Sec. 308) Authorizes the release of an alien convicted of an aggravated felony from an exclusion or deportation proceeding under specified circumstances. (Sec. 309) Sets forth specified limitations on relief from exclusion and deportation. (Sec. 311) Authorizes appropriations for a pro bono representation pilot program (or programs) to increase the efficiency of exclusion and deportation proceedings. Title IV: Alien Smuggling Control - Amends Federal criminal law to: (1) authorize wiretaps for alien smuggling and document fraud investigations; and (2) bring alien smuggling operations under the purview of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) provisions. (Sec. 403) Amends the Act to: (1) expand Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) forfeiture authority for smuggling or harboring illegal aliens; and (2) increase criminal penalties for alien smuggling. (Sec. 405) Authorizes INS to use appropriated funds for specified undercover activities. (Sec. 406) Amends the Act to revise the definition of aggravated felony. Title V: Inspections and Admissions - Amends the Act to make it unlawful to bring an illegal alien into the United States from a foreign contiguous territory. Increases civil penalties for bringing an illegal alien into the United States. (Sec. 502) Defines "stowaway" for purposes of the Act. Subjects such an alien to exclusion and deportation. Establishes carrier liability for related detention costs. (Sec. 503) Revises carrier provisions regarding: (1) passenger lists; (2) cruise ship passenger immigration fees; and (3) U.S. indemnification of costs for aliens without visas. (Sec. 507) Establishes a border services user fee for every land border entry, including ferry arrivals. Authorizes States to establish Border Service Councils at ports of entry. Title VI: Miscellaneous and Technical Amendments - Amends Federal criminal law with regard to alien prostitution. (Sec. 602) Authorizes appropriations for State medical assistance to undocumented immigrants. (Sec. 605) Authorizes the INS to use volunteers for specified activities.
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Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D–MA
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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