Accountability in Enforcing Immigration Laws Act of 2007

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve the interior enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States, and for other purposes.

9/14/2007--Introduced.
Accountability in Enforcing Immigration Laws Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to subject all illegal alien entrants to fines. (Under current law, first-time offenses are subject to such fines and/or six months' imprisonment, and subsequent offenses are subject to such fines and/or two years' imprisonment.) Directs United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to provide for:
(1) detention of illegal aliens who are apprehended by state or local law enforcement officers; and
(2) reimbursement of state and local detention costs. Requires certain airport security screeners to undergo immigration status checks. Requires owners and operators of high-risk critical infrastructure sites, in order to receive buffer zone protection grants, to conduct terrorist watchlist and immigration status database checks of security employees. Condemns rapes by smugglers along the U.S. land border and urges the government of Mexico to work with United States Customs and Border Protection to take preventive action. Affirms the inherent authority of state and local law enforcement personnel to assist in immigration enforcement while carrying out their routine duties. States that such provision shall not be construed to require such personnel to:
(1) report the identity of a victim of, or a witness to, a criminal offense to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); or
(2) arrest such victim or witness for an immigration-related violation. Directs DHS to establish an immigration-related training manual for state and local law enforcement personnel. Provides financial assistance to state and local law enforcement agencies for immigration enforcement assistance. Continues the institutional removal program and expands it to all states. Authorizes permanent appropriations for the state criminal alien assistance program. Provides for the listing of immigration violators in the National Crime Information Center Database.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite [R, FL-5]
• and 22 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Rodney Alexander [R, LA-5]
  • Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6]
  • Rep. Brian Bilbray [R, CA-50]
  • Rep. John Boozman [R, AR-3]
  • Rep. Ken Calvert [R, CA-44]
  • Thelma Drake
  • Terry Everett
  • Tom Feeney
  • Rep. Elton Gallegly [R, CA-24]
  • Virgil Goode
  • Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
  • Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R, MI-2]
  • Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3]
  • Rep. Kenny Marchant [R, TX-24]
  • Rep. Gary Miller [R, CA-42]
  • Rep. Jeff Miller [R, FL-1]
  • Rep. Sue Myrick [R, NC-9]
  • Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
  • Rep. William Shuster [R, PA-9]
  • Rep. John Sullivan [R, OK-1]
  • Thomas Tancredo
  • Rep. Zach Wamp [R, TN-3]
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Committees

• House Judiciary
• 3 more
  • House Homeland Security
  • House Judiciary
  • House Homeland Security
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3531

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
September 14, 2007

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• Oct 12, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
• Sep 18, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
• Sep 14, 2007: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Sep 14, 2007: Referred to House Judiciary
• Sep 14, 2007: Referred to House Homeland Security
• Introduced on Sep 14, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Immigration
• Airports
• Alien labor
• Arrest
• 44 more
• Aviation safety
• Boundaries
• Budgets
• Crime prevention
• Criminal aliens
• Criminal justice
• Criminal justice information
• Data banks
• Deportation
• Detention of persons
• Electronic data interchange
• Ex-offenders
• Federal aid to law enforcement
• Federal-local relations
• Federal-state relations
• Fines (Penalties)
• Foreign policy
• Government information
• Government publications
• Identification of criminals
• Illegal aliens
• Infrastructure
• Infrastructure (Economics)
• Intergovernmental fiscal relations
• International affairs
• International cooperation
• Labor
• Latin America
• Law
• Law enforcement officers
• Mexico
• Police
• Police training
• Rape
• Recruiting of employees
• State and local government
• Technology
• Telecommunication
• Terrorism
• Transportation
• Transportation workers
• Victims of crimes
• Witnesses
• Women

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August 14, 2008 The END of The United States Of America

Their diabolical plan was to hide bill HR 3531 from the American people so we will never know about it and then let it slowly die of freezer burn and fade away. I'll put it to you this way: WE THE PEOPLE RULE! ...

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O Projeto de Lei HR 3531, o Ato Legislativo de 2007 sobre a Responsabilidade em Executar as Leis da Imigração foi apresentado com os co-patrocinadores originais, os representantes Thelma Drake (VA-02), Jeff Miller (FL-01) e Tom Tancredo ...

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