The bill would provide for the detention of dangerous aliens, the removal of deportable criminal aliens, and the inadmissibility and deportability of aliens participating in street gang activity.
To restore the Secretary of Homeland Security's authority to detain dangerous aliens, to ensure the removal of deportable criminal aliens, and combat alien gang crime.
This bill would clarify state and local law enforcement’s inherent authority to enforce Federal immigration laws; and would overturn a decades-old court injunction that impedes the Federal government’s ability to remove aliens from El Salvador on an expedited basis.
To affirm the inherent authority of State and local law enforcement to assist in the enforcement of immigration laws, to provide for effective prosecution of alien smugglers, and to reform immigration litigation procedures.
To restore the Secretary of Homeland Security's authority to detain dangerous aliens, to affirm the inherent authority of State and local law enforcement to assist in the enforcement of immigration laws, and for other purposes.
To reform immigration litigation procedures and combat alien gang crime.
To secure the borders of the United States, and to ensure the removal of deportable criminal aliens.
The bill would extend Temporary Protected Status to Lebanese citizens for one year if they are in the United States, admissible as an immigrant and register with DHS.
To designate Lebanon under section 244(b) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act to permit nationals of Lebanon to be granted temporary protected status in the United States.
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The bill would create a waiver of inadmissibility based on misrepresenation if the alien is an immediate relative of an active duty or reserve member of the Armed Forces, would make that waiver available upon enactment, and would apply the waiver to misrepresentations made before, on, or after enactment; and would extend eligibility for a V nonimmigrant visa to those immediate relative aliens.
The bill would require DHS to deny family classification petitions filed by individuals who owe child support arrearages, as certified by the Department of Health and Human Services, and apply the requirement to previously-approved petitions if a visa has not yet been issued or an adjustment of status has not yet been effected.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for the denial of family classification petitions filed by an individual who owes child support arrearages.
The bill would provide incentives for becoming and remaining as Border Patrol agents, allow for the appointment of temporary agents, and enable homeland security grants to be used for preventing illegal immigration.
To enhance border security through the use of temporary support personnel, expansion of Border Patrol agent training, increased hiring authority, support for local law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.