Emergency Immigration Workload Reduction and Homeland Security Enhancement Act of 2007

To suspend certain nonessential visas, in order to provide temporary workload relief critical to the successful reorganization of the immigration and naturalization functions of the Department of Homeland Security, to ensure that the screening and monitoring of arriving immigrants and nonimmigrants, and the deterrence of entry and settlement by illegal or unauthorized aliens, is sufficient to maintain the integrity of the sovereign borders of the United States, and for other purposes.

7/17/2007--Introduced.
Emergency Immigration Workload Reduction and Homeland Security Enhancement Act of 2007 - Suspends the following immigration-related authorities:
(1) the visa waiver program;
(2) adjustment to permanent resident status;
(3) r more...enewal of temporary protected status (TPS);
(4) the diversity immigrant visa program; and
(5) certain family-related immigrant visa programs. Authorizes specified waiver authority. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to establish a public listing of every alien subject to a final order of deportation for whom the appropriate country of return has refused or unreasonably delayed such action. Requires U.S. visa issuance to be discontinued in a country which has 24 or more listed individuals. Sets forth conditions for waiver of the temporary suspensions set forth in this Act (except for the suspension of TPS renewals). States that all such temporary suspensions shall cease to be effective after the Secretary certifies to Congress that certain security measures are in place, including an integrated entry-exit system at all ports of entry. Suspends the Secretary of State's authority to issue nonimmigrant visas and the Secretary's authority to admit nonimmigrant aliens, subject to specified waivers. Directs the Secretary to reimburse state and local law enforcement agencies for certain alien-related detention and removal costs.

Sponsor

• Rep. Samuel Graves [R, MO-6]

Committees

• House Judiciary
• 1 more
  • House Judiciary
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3064

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
July 17, 2007

Related Issue Areas:

• Visas
• Transportation
• Technology
• State and local government
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• Siblings
• Repatriation
• Public records
• Medicine
• Medical care
• Law
• Immigrants
• Illegal aliens
• Identification devices
• Higher education
• Government paperwork
• Government information
• Fraud
• Foreign students
• Foreign policy
• Food
• Federal-state relations
• Federal-local relations
• Federal aid to law enforcement
• Families
• Executive reorganization
• Executive departments
• Emergency medicine
• Emergency management
• Embassies
• Elementary and secondary education
• Education
• Detention of persons
• Deportation
• Department of Homeland Security
• Data banks
• Criminal justice
• Criminal aliens
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Congressional oversight
• Congress
• Compensation (Law)
• Children
• Budgets
• Arrest
• Aliens
• Admission of nonimmigrants
• Immigration

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Sam Graves, R-Missouri, has introduced the Emergency Immigration Workload Reduction and Homeland Security Enhancement Act of 2007 (HR 3064), legislation that would "suspend certain nonessential visas, in order to provide temporary ...

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Sam Graves, R-Missouri, has introduced the Emergency Immigration Workload Reduction and Homeland Security Enhancement Act of 2007 (HR 3064), legislation that would “suspend certain nonessential visas, in order to provide temporary ...

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