S.Amdt. 2459
What it does: Adds SEC. __. EXPANSION OF ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY TO PROSECUTE ALL ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO ILLEGALLY ENTER THE UNITED STATES ALONG THE SOUTHERN LAND BORDER IN THE TUCSON, ARIZONA OR SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA SECTOR wherever appropriate
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 2638
Adds SEC. __. EXPANSION OF ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY TO PROSECUTE ALL ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO ILLEGALLY ENTER THE UNITED STATES ALONG THE SOUTHERN LAND BORDER IN THE TUCSON, ARIZONA OR SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA SECTOR wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. __. EXPANSION OF ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY TO PROSECUTE ALL ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO ILLEGALLY ENTER THE UNITED STATES ALONG THE SOUTHERN LAND BORDER IN THE TUCSON, ARIZONA OR SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA SECTOR.
Inserted: (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Homeland Security shall work with the United States Attorney offices assigned to the judicial district located in the Tucson, Arizona and San Diego, California sectors along the southern land border of the United States to implement a zero tolerance policy of prosecuting all undocumented aliens attempting to enter the United States along the southern land border in violation of section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325). This policy was successfully implemented in the Del Rio, Texas sector in a program known as Operation Streamline.
Inserted: (b) Requirement.--Until the zero tolerance program described in subsection (a) is fully implemented, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall refer all undocumented aliens who are apprehended while attempting to enter the United States in the Tucson, Arizona or San Diego, California sector along the southern land border in violation of section 275 of such Act to the United States Attorneys offices assigned to the judicial district located in such sectors. Such offices shall provide a formal acceptance or declination for prosecution of such undocumented aliens.
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SA 2459. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2638, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. EXPANSION OF ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY TO PROSECUTE ALL ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO ILLEGALLY ENTER THE UNITED STATES ALONG THE SOUTHERN LAND BORDER IN THE TUCSON, ARIZONA OR SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA SECTOR.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Homeland Security shall work with the United States Attorney offices assigned to the judicial district located in the Tucson, Arizona and San Diego, California sectors along the southern land border of the United States to implement a zero tolerance policy of prosecuting all undocumented aliens attempting to enter the United States along the southern land border in violation of section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325). This policy was successfully implemented in the Del Rio, Texas sector in a program known as Operation Streamline.
(b) Requirement.--Until the zero tolerance program described in subsection (a) is fully implemented, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall refer all undocumented aliens who are apprehended while attempting to enter the United States in the Tucson, Arizona or San Diego, California sector along the southern land border in violation of section 275 of such Act to the United States Attorneys offices assigned to the judicial district located in such sectors. Such offices shall provide a formal acceptance or declination for prosecution of such undocumented aliens.
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Senate amendment submitted
July 25, 2007