A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect Americans against criminal activity by aliens, to defend against acts of international terrorism, and to relieve pressure on public services by enhancing border security and diminishing legal immigration into the United States.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Legal Immigration Reform
Subtitle A: Admission of Legal Immigrants
Subtitle B: Admission of Refugees
Title II: Illegal Immigration Control
Subtitle A: Land Borders Control
Subtitle B: Ports of Entry Control
Subtitle C: Overseas Airports Control
Subtitle D: Alien Smuggling Control
Subtitle E: Employer Sanctions Enforcement
Subtitle F: Prohibition on Welfare Benefits to Illegal
Aliens
Subtitle G: State and Local Cooperation in
Immigration Enforcement
Title III: Exclusion and Deportation Reform
Subtitle A: Criminal Aliens
Subtitle B: Terrorist Aliens
Subtitle C: Enforcement of Deportation Orders
Subtitle D: Expedited Asylum Review at Ports of Entry
Subtitle E: Asylum Reform
Subtitle F: Miscellaneous Provisions
Title IV: Effective Date
Immigration Control and Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: Legal Immigration Reform - Subtitle A: Admission of Legal Immigrants - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act) to reduce annual legal immigration ceilings.
Subtitle B: Admission of Refugees - Amends the Act to place an annual ceiling on refugee admissions.
Title II: Illegal Immigration Control - Subtitle A: Land Borders Control - Directs the Attorney General to: ( 1) place additional physical barriers along the United States-Mexico border; and (2) establish an interior repatriation program.
Subtitle B: Ports of Entry Control - Authorizes the Attorney General to require ships arriving at U.S. entry ports to give 24 hours advance notice to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).
Subtitle C: Overseas Airports Controls - Directs the Attorney General to determine the feasibility of establishing: (1) specified numbers of preinspection stations at foreign airports identified as last departure points for the greatest numbers of U.S.-arriving passengers; and (2) an air carrier consultant program.
(Sec. 222) Provides for airline personnel training in fraudulent document detection.
Subtitle D: Alien Smuggling Control - Amends the Act to increase INS forfeiture authority for smuggling or harboring illegal aliens.
(Sec. 232) Brings alien smuggling operations under the purview of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) provisions.
(Sec. 233) Increase penalties for certain alien smuggling offenses.
(Sec. 234) Amends Federal law to authorize INS wiretaps for alien smuggling investigations.
Subtitle E: Employer Sanctions Enforcement - Amends the Act with respect to employer sanction provisions, including: (1) work eligibility documents; and (2) social security telephone verification.
Subtitle F: Prohibition on Welfare Benefits to Illegal Aliens - Prohibits the payment of: (1) direct Federal financial or social insurance benefits (except for emergency medical care) to illegal aliens; (2) unemployment benefits to aliens without employment authorization; or (3) housing benefits to illegal aliens.
(Sec. 254) Authorizes appropriations for the automated System for Alien Verification of Eligibility (SAVE).
Subtitle G: State and Local Cooperation in Immigration Enforcement - Prohibits Federal assistance to a State or locality that refuses to cooperate with the arrest and deportation of illegal aliens.
(Sec. 262) Establishes a uniform vital statistics pilot program for three States with high numbers of undocumented aliens. Authorizes appropriations.
Title III: Exclusion and Deportation Reform - Subtitle A: Criminal Aliens - Amends the Act to include aliens on criminal probation or criminal parole among the categories of aliens subject to special registration.
(Sec. 302) Expands the definition of "aggravated felony."
(Sec. 503) Expedites deportation proceedings for specified criminal aliens.
(Sec. 303) Provides for judicial deportation of aliens convicted of an aggravated felony.
(Sec. 304) Restricts specified deportation defenses.
(Sec. 305) 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.
Subtitle B: Terrorist Aliens - Amends the Act to establish procedures for the removal of alien terrorists, including a special court to hear such cases.
(Sec. 312) Makes membership in a terrorist organization a basis for U.S. exclusion.
Subtitle C: Enforcement of Deportation Orders - Amends the Act to limit challenges to deportation orders.
Subtitle D: Expedited Asylum Review at Ports of Entry - Amends the Act to revise port of entry alien inspection and exclusion provisions.
Subtitle E: Asylum Reform - Amends the Act to revise asylum and related judicial review provisions.
Subtitle F: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Act to authorize telephonic or electronic deportation hearings.
Title IV: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date for provsions of this Act.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14534-14535, S14542-14545)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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