S.Amdt. 1577

SA 1577. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1183 submitted by Mr. Leahy (for himself and Mr. Hatch) to
the bill S. 744, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
(c) Triggers.--The Secretary may not commence processing
applications for registered provisional immigrant status
pursuant to section 245B of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, as added by section 2101 of this Act, until 6 months
after the date on which the Secretary, after consultation
with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Defense, the
Inspector General of the Department, and the Comptroller
General of the United States, submits to the President and
Congress a written certification that--
(i) the Comprehensive Southern Border Security Strategy--
(I) has been submitted to Congress and includes minimum
requirements described under paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of
section 5(a);
(II) is deployed and operational (for purposes of this
clause the term ``operational'' means the technology,
infrastructure, and personnel, deemed necessary by the
Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General and the
Secretary of Defense, and the Comptroller General, and
includes the technology described under section 5(a)(3) to
achieve effective control of the Southern border, has been
procured, funded, and is in current use by the Department
achieve effective control, except in the event of routine
maintenance, de minimis non-deployment, or natural disaster
that would prevent the use of such assets);
(ii) the Southern Border Fencing Strategy has been
submitted to Congress and implemented, and as a result the
Secretary will certify that there is in place along the
Southern Border no fewer than 700 miles of pedestrian fencing
which will include replacement of all currently existing
vehicle fencing on non-tribal lands on the Southern Border
with pedestrian fencing where possible, and after this has
been accomplished may include a second layer of pedestrian
fencing in those locations along the Southern Border which
the Secretary deems necessary or appropriate;
(iii) the Secretary has implemented the mandatory
employment verification system required by section 274A of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.1324a), as
amended by section 3101, for use by all employers to prevent
unauthorized workers from obtaining employment in the United
States;
(iv) the Secretary is using the electronic exit system
created by section 3303(a)(1) at all international air and
sea ports of entry within the United States where U.S.
Customs and Border Protection officers are currently
deployed; and
(v) no fewer than 38,405 trained fulltime active duty U.S.
Border Patrol agents are deployed, stationed, and maintained
along the Southern Border.
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