S. 2368 would provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program.
Detailed Summary
Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2007 or SAVE Act of 2007 - Sets forth border security and enforcement provisions, including provisions respecting: (1) increases in Border Patrol and investigative personnel; (2) recruitment of former military personnel; (3) use of Department of Defense (DOD) equipment; (4) infrastructure improvements; (5) aerial and other surveillance; (5) a national strategy to secure the borders; (6) emergency deployment of Border Patrol agents; and (7) expansion of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism along the northern and southern borders.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act and specified maritime law sections to revise alien smuggling provisions.
Sets forth provisions respecting border security on certain federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior.
Border Law Enforcement Act - Authorizes a border relief grant program for a tribal, state, or local law enforcement agency in a county within 25 miles of the southern border of the United States.
Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the basic employment eligibility confirmation pilot program permanent.
Sets forth conditions for the mandatory use of the E-verify system.
Requires: (1) employer/employee notification of social security number mismatches and multiple uses, and related information sharing with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); and (2) establishment of electronic birth and death registration systems.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) penalize specified employers for failure to correct information returns; and (2) prohibit employers from deducting from gross income wages paid to unauthorized aliens, with an exception for an employer participating in the basic employment eligibility confirmation program.
Increases criminal alien program (CAP) personnel.
Establishes within DHS a rewards program to assist in the elimination of commercial operations to produce or sell fraudulent immigration-related documents and to assist in the investigation, prosecution, or disruption of commercial alien smuggling operations.
Provides for: (1) increased alien detention facilities; (2) additional district court judgeships; and (3) a media campaign to inform the public of changes made by this Act including a multilingual media campaign explaining noncompliance penalties.
Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 11/15/2007: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Visitor Comments
American Conservative
February 7, 2008, 8:51pm (report abuse)Detention centers for illegal immigrants bring unwanted attention to the communities where they're housed.
In some of the worst cases, the detention facilities have been an environment of overcrowding, sexual assault, lawsuits, public protests and even death.
The average cost of detaining an immigrant is $95 per person/ per day. Alternatives to detention, which generally include a combination of reporting and electronic monitoring, are effective and significantly cheaper, with some programs costing as little as $12 per day. These alternatives to detention still yield an estimated 93% appearance rate before the immigration courts.
Michael Jungers
April 2, 2008, 11:36pm (report abuse)Either you are part of the salution, or your part of the problem. Build the border fence, then we talk. Or go back to sticking your head in the sand.
MR2Chuck
April 4, 2008, 4:51pm (report abuse)Agree with Michael Jungers. Don't wait for perfection in a bill. Plug the dike first.