An amendment numbered 3 printed in part B of House Report 109-347 to express the sense of Congress that the President, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Secretary of Homeland Security and other Department Secretaries should immediately use every tool available to them to enforce the immigration laws of the U.S., as enacted by Congress.

1. Adds SEC. 118. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS at the end of title I

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   Inserted: SEC. 118. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:

   Inserted: (1) A primary duty of the Federal Government is to secure the homeland and ensure the safety of United States citizens and lawful residents.

   Inserted: (2) As a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, perpetrated by al Qaida terrorists on United States soil, the United States is engaged in a Global War on Terrorism.

   Inserted: (3) According to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, up to 15 of the 9/11 hijackers could have been intercepted or deported through more diligent enforcement of immigration laws.

   Inserted: (4) Four years after those attacks, there is still a failure to secure the borders of the United States against illegal entry.

   Inserted: (5) The failure to enforce immigration laws in the interior of the United States means that illegal aliens face little or no risk of apprehension or removal once they are in the country.

   Inserted: (6) If illegal aliens can enter and remain in the United States with impunity, so, too, can terrorists enter and remain while they plan, rehearse, and then carry out their attacks.

   Inserted: (7) The failure to control and to prevent illegal immigration into the United States increases the likelihood that terrorists will succeed in launching catastrophic or harmful attacks on United States soil.

   Inserted: (8) There are numerous immigration laws that are currently not being enforced.

   Inserted: (9) Law enforcement officers are often discouraged from enforcing the law by superiors.

   Inserted: (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the President, the Attorney General, Secretary of State, Secretary of Homeland Security, and other Department Secretaries should immediately use every tool available to them to enforce the immigration laws of the United States, as enacted by Congress.

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   At the end of title I, insert the following:

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