S.Amdt. 3240

SA 3240. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3192 submitted by Mr. Specter (for himself, Mr. Leahy, and
Mr. Hagel) to the bill S. 2454, to amend the Immigration and
Nationality Act to provide for comprehensive reform and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 13, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:

SEC. 107. ESTABLISHMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS
ENFORCEMENT FIELD OFFICE.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) On July 17, 2002, 18 aliens who were present in the
United States illegally, including 3 minors, were taken into
custody by the Tulsa County Sheriff's Department. The aliens
were later released by officials of the former Immigration
and Naturalization Service.
(2) On August 13, 2002, an immigration task force meeting
convened in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with the goal of bringing
together local law enforcement and the Immigration and
Naturalization Service to open a dialogue to find effective
ways to better enforce Federal immigration laws in the first
District of Oklahoma.
(3) On January 22, 2003, 4 new agents at the Immigration
and Naturalization Service office in Oklahoma City were
hired.
(4) On January 30, 2003, Oklahoma's Immigration and
Naturalization Service office added 6 new special agents to
their staff.
(5) On September 22, 2004, officials of the Bureau of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department
authorized the release of 18 individuals who may have been
present in the United States illegally and were in the
custody of the police department of the City of Catoosa,
Oklahoma. Catoosa Police stopped a truck carrying 18
individuals, including children, in the early morning hours
on that date. Only 2 of the individuals produced
identification. One adult was arrested on drug possession
charges and the remaining individuals were released.
(6) Oklahoma has 1 Office of Investigations of the Bureau
of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is located in
Oklahoma City. In 2005, 12 agents of the Bureau of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement served the 3,500,000
people residing in Oklahoma.
(7) Highway I-44 and U.S.-75 are major roads through Tulsa,
Oklahoma, that are used to transport illegal aliens to all
areas of the United States.
(8) The establishment of a field office of the Office of
Investigations of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will help enforce Federal
immigration laws in Eastern Oklahoma.
(9) Seven agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration and
an estimated 22 agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
are assigned to duty stations in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and there
are no agents of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement who are assigned to a duty station in Tulsa,
Oklahoma.
(b) Establishment of Field Office in Tulsa, Oklahoma.--Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall establish a field office of the
Office of Investigations of the Bureau of Immigration and
Customs Enforcement in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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