Immigration Bills

The bill would transfer the duties of the Shadow Wolves Customs Patrol unit to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (This unique tracking unit, operating solely along the part of the border occupied by the Tohono O’odham Nation, has been greatly successful in pursuing smugglers and maintaining order along the border, but its relegation to Customs and Border Protection, which does not consider itself responsible for intelligence gathering and evidence collection, has stifled the unit’s effectiveness.)

The bill would require the Social Security Administration to send a “no-match” notification letter to all employers that have been given a non-matching Social Security number by an employee, and to provide DHS with information regarding the non-matching employee.

To establish procedures for the issuance by the Commissioner of Social Security of "no match" letters to employers, and for the notification of the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding such letters.

The bill would bar any employer who is a repeat violator of unlawful employment statutes or is convicted of a related crime from receiving Federal contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements for two years.

To require the debarment from Federal contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements of employers who hire unauthorized aliens, and for other purposes.

The bill would prohibit admission to the United States (one year after enactment) without a passport or certain other documents, make English the official language, create an Office of Alien Registration for illegal aliens, provide identification cards to registered illegal aliens, deport illegal aliens that do not register, and provide temporary resident status to illegal aliens and subsequent adjustment to permanent residence.

To respond to the crisis of illegal immigration in the United States.

The bill would suspend the visa waiver program until certain entry-exit requirements are met, including making the US-VISIT entry-exit system fully operational, processing all nonimmigrants through that system, and installing biometric machine readers at all ports of entry.

To suspend the visa waiver program until certain entry-exit control requirements are met, and for other purposes.