Immigration Reform bill

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to comprehensively reform immigration law, and for other purposes.

1/31/2007--Introduced.
Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to provide increased protections and eligibility for family-sponsored immigrants. Directs the Secretary of State to establish a Board of Family-based Visa Appeals within the Department of State. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to deny a family-based immigration petition by a U.S. petitioner for an alien spouse or child if:
(1) the petitioner is on the national sex offender registry for a conviction that resulted in more than one year's imprisonment;
(2) the petitioner has failed to rebut such information within 90 days; and
(3) granting the petition would put a spouse or child beneficiary in danger of sexual abuse. Directs the Secretary to establish the Task Force to Rescue Immigrant Victims of American Sex Offenders. Authorizes the Secretary to adjust the status of aliens who would otherwise be inadmissible (due to unlawful presence, document fraud, or other specified grounds of inadmissibility) if such aliens have been in the United States for at least five years and meet other requirements. Authorizes the emergency deployment of Border Patrol agents to a requesting border state. Sets forth provisions for Border Patrol acquisition and use of specified equipment. Directs the Secretary to:
(1) provide for additional detention space for illegal aliens;
(2) increase Border Patrol agents, airport and land border immigration inspectors, immigration enforcement officers, and fraud and document fraud investigators;
(3) enhance Border Patrol training and operational facilities;
(4) establish immigration, customs, and agriculture inspector occupations within the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection;
(5) reestablish the Border Patrol anti-smuggling unit;
(6) establish criminal investigator occupations within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS);
(7) increase Border Patrol agent and investigator pay;
(8) require foreign language training for appropriate DHS employees; and
(9) establish the Fraudulent Documents Task Force. Redefines the term "law enforcement officer" under provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to include:
(1) federal employees not otherwise covered by such term whose duties include the investigation or apprehension of suspected or convicted individuals and who are authorized to carry a firearm; and
(2) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees whose duties are primarily the collection of delinquent taxes and the securing of delinquent returns. Authorizes S (witness or informant) nonimmigrant status for aliens in possession of critical reliable information concerning commercial alien smuggling or trafficking in immigration documents. Establishes a reward program to assist in eliminating immigration-related commercial document fraud operations. Sets forth unfair immigration-related employment practices. Requires petitioners for nonimmigrant labor to describe their efforts to recruit lawful permanent residents or U.S. citizens. Makes permanent an INA provision allowing adjustment of status of certain aliens for whom family-sponsored or employment-based applications or petitions were filed by a specified date. Lessens immigration consequences for minor criminal offenses. Eliminates retroactive changes in grounds of inadmissibility and removal. Amends criminal offense removal-related provisions. Increases the worldwide level of diversity immigrants. Authorizes adjustment of status for certain nationals or citizens of Haiti. Eliminates mandatory detention in expedited removal proceedings. Amends the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 to:
(1) waive document fraud as a ground of inadmissibility; and
(2) address determinations with respect to children. Eliminates the one-year filing requirement for asylum applicants. Includes gender persecution within the particular social group category of persecution. Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of certain temporary protected status persons. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to eliminate a provision prohibiting restrictions on the communication of immigration status information by a government entity. Replaces the existing fashion model H-1B visa classification with an O-visa classification.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
• and 22 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]
  • Rep. Donna Christensen [D, VI-0]
  • Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
  • Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. William Jefferson [D, LA-2]
  • Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
  • Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13]
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
  • Rep. Kendrick Meek [D, FL-17]
  • Rep. Gwen Moore [D, WI-4]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]
  • Rep. Laura Richardson [D, CA-37]
  • Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Rep. Diane Watson [D, CA-33]
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Committees

• House Homeland Security
• 4 more
  • House Judiciary
  • House Oversight and Government Reform
  • House Homeland Security
  • House Judiciary
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.750

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 31, 2007

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• Nov 08, 2007: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
• Mar 19, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
• Mar 13, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
• Jan 31, 2007: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
• Jan 31, 2007: Referred to House Homeland Security
• Jan 31, 2007: Referred to House Judiciary
• Jan 31, 2007: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
• Introduced on Jan 31, 2007.

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• Immigration
• Administrative fees
• Administrative procedure
• Administrative remedies
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• Admission of nonimmigrants
• Adoption
• Aged
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• Aliens
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• Awards, medals, prizes
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• Child abuse
• Child sexual abuse
• Children
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• Congress
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• Criminal justice
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• Disabled
• Discrimination in employment
• Drug abuse
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• Education
• Employee rights
• Employers' liability
• English language
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• Ethics
• Evidence (Law)
• Executive departments
• Executive reorganization
• Families
• Family violence
• Federal aid to education
• Federal employees
• Federal law enforcement officers
• Federal-local relations
• Federal-state relations
• Fines (Penalties)
• Fingerprints
• Firearms
• Fraud
• Fringe benefits
• Gambling
• Geographic information systems
• Government employees
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Government publicity
• Government vehicles
• Governmental investigations
• Grandparents
• Haitians
• Helicopters
• Higher education
• Hours of labor
• Illegal aliens
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• Informers
• Job training
• Labor
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• Larceny
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• Legislation
• Legislative amendments
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• Marriage
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• Mentally disabled
• Naturalization
• Night vision devices
• Office of Personnel Management
• Patrol aircraft
• Patrol ships
• Pensions
• Personnel management
• Police training
• Pregnant women
• Prison alternatives
• Prisons
• Prosecution
• Radio
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• Refugees
• Relocation
• Residence requirements
• Right of asylum
• Right to counsel
• Salaries
• Scholarships
• Senate rules and procedure
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• Sex discrimination
• Sex offenders
• Siblings
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• Skilled labor
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• Spanish language
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• Student loan funds
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• Technology
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