A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and other laws of the United States relating to border security, illegal immigration, alien eligibility for Federal financial benefits and services, criminal activity by aliens, alien smuggling, fraudulent document use by aliens, asylum, terrorist aliens, and for other purposes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Interdiction
Title II: Alien Smuggling
Title III: INS Investigators
Title IV: Government Benefits
Title V: Criminal Aliens
Title VI: Terrorist Aliens
Title VII: Inspections
Title VIII: Asylum
Title IX: Funding
Illegal Immigration Control Act of 1994 - Title I:Interdiction - Directs the Attorney General to install additional physical barriers in high illegal-entry border areas.
(Sec. 102) Authorizes appropriations for additional Border Patrol personnel.
(Sec. 103) Directs the Attorney General and the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to: (1) implement an interior repatriation program for illegal aliens who have been deported at least three times; and (2) increase border detention facilities.
(Sec. 104) Authorizes the transfer of closed military bases to be used as Federal incarceration facilities for illegal aliens.
(Sec. 105) Authorizes the Attorney General to require vessels to provide INS with port of entry notification.
Title II: Alien Smuggling - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act) to expand INS forfeiture authority for smuggling or harboring illegal aliens.
(Sec. 202) Brings alien smuggling operations under the purview of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) provisions.
(Sec. 203) Amends the Act to increase penalties for certain alien smuggling offenses.
(Sec. 204) Amends Federal law to authorize INS wiretaps for alien smuggling investigations.
Title III: INS Investigators - Authorizes additional appropriations for additional INS investigators.
Title IV: Government Benefits - Prohibits direct Federal benefits (except for emergency medical care) or housing assistance to an alien who is not a permanent resident, a refugee, an asylee, or a parolee.
(Sec. 402) Prohibits unemployment benefits to an alien who has not been granted INS work authorization.
(Sec. 404) Authorizes appropriations for the Save System.
(Sec. 405) Reduces Federal assistance by 20 percent to any locality that refuses to cooperate in the arrest and deportation of illegal aliens.
(Sec. 406) Establishes a uniform vital statistics pilot program for three States with high numbers of undocumented aliens. Authorizes appropriations.
Title V: Criminal Aliens - Amends the Act to include aliens on criminal probation or criminal parole among the categories of aliens subject to special registration.
(Sec. 502) Expands the definition of "aggravated felony."
(Sec. 503) Expedites deportation proceedings for specified criminal aliens.
(Sec. 504) Provides for judicial deportation of aliens convicted of an aggravated felony.
(Sec. 505) Restricts specified deportation defenses.
(Sec. 508) Directs the Commissioner to operate a criminal alien tracking center. Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 509) Directs the Secretary of State and the Attorney General to study the use and effectiveness of the Prisoner Transfer Treaty with Mexico to remove convicted aliens from the United States.
(Sec. 511) Directs the Attorney General, upon State or local request, to: (1) incarcerate convicted alien felons; or (2) compensate States or localities for such incarceration costs.
Title VI: Terrorist Aliens - Amends the Act to establish procedures for the removal of alien terrorists, including a special court to hear such cases.
(Sec. 602) Makes membership in a terrorist organization a basis for U.S. exclusion.
Title VII: Inspections - Directs the Attorney General to establish: (1) specified numbers of preinspection stations at foreign airports identified as last departure points for the greatest numbers of U.S.-arriving passengers and at those with the greatest numbers of U.S.-arriving undocumented aliens; and (2) an air carrier consultant program.
(Sec. 702) Provides for the training of airline personnel in fraudulent document detection.
(Sec. 703) Amends Federal law to increase specified passport and visa penalties.
Title VIII: Asylum - Amends the Act to revise asylum procedures.
(Sec. 802) Sets forth mandatory and discretionary conditions for granting provisional asylum.
Title IX: Funding - Provides overhead cost reductions incurred in federally sponsored research.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5561-5562, S5570-5572)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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