S.Amdt. 2265
What it does: Adds SEC. __. DENIAL OF HIGHWAY FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNAUTHORIZED IMMIGRATION ACTIONS wherever appropriate
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 22
Adds SEC. __. DENIAL OF HIGHWAY FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNAUTHORIZED IMMIGRATION ACTIONS wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. __. DENIAL OF HIGHWAY FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNAUTHORIZED IMMIGRATION ACTIONS.
Inserted: (a) Federal Highway Fund Suspension Pending Immigration Statute Compliance.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made available to the Department of Transportation or to any other Federal agency, or otherwise deposited into any Federal, State, or local account that provides funding for interstate or intrastate highway construction or repair in any State, may be used until the United States Government ceases to apply or otherwise enforce the policies set forth in the all of the following memoranda and any documents related to such memoranda:
Inserted: (1) The memorandum issued by the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on March 2, 2011, and entitled "Civil Immigration Enforcement: Priorities for the Apprehension, Detention, and Removal of Aliens".
Inserted: (2) The memorandum issued by the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 17, 2011, and entitled "Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion Consistent with the Civil Immigration Enforcement Priorities of the Agency for the Apprehension, Detention, and Removal of Aliens".
Inserted: (3) The memorandum issued by the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 17, 2011, and entitled "Prosecutorial Discretion: Certain Victims, Witnesses, and Plaintiffs".
Inserted: (4) The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy memorandum issued on November 17, 2011, and entitled "Revised Guidance for the Referral of Cases and Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs) in Cases Involving Inadmissible and Removable Aliens".
Inserted: (5) The memorandum issued by the Principal Legal Advisor of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on November 17, 2011, and entitled "Case-by-Case Review of Incoming and Certain Pending Cases".
Inserted: (6) The recommendations included in the report issued by the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on April 27, 2012, and entitled "ICE Response to the Task Force on Secure Communities Findings and Recommendations".
Inserted: (7) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012, and entitled "Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children".
Inserted: (8) The memorandum issued by the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on December 21, 2012, and entitled "Civil Immigration Enforcement: Guidance on the Use of Detainers in the Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Criminal Justice Systems".
Inserted: (9) The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy memorandum issued on November 14, 2013, and entitled "Adjudication of Adjustment of Status Applications for Individuals Admitted to the United States Under the Visa Waiver Program".
Inserted: (10) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled "Southern Border and Approaches Campaign".
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Inserted: (11) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled "Policies for the Apprehension, Detention and Removal of Undocumented Immigrants".
Inserted: (12) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled "Secure Communities".
Inserted: (13) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled "Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children and with Respect to Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents".
Inserted: (14) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled "Expansion of the Provisional Waiver Program".
Inserted: (15) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled "Policies Supporting U.S. High-Skilled Businesses and Workers".
Inserted: (16) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled "Families of U.S. Armed Forces Members and Enlistees".
Inserted: (17) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled "Directive to Provide Consistency Regarding Advance Parole".
Inserted: (18) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled "Policies to Promote and Increase Access to U.S. Citizenship".
Inserted: (19) The memorandum issued by the President on November 21, 2014, and entitled "Modernizing and Streamlining the U.S. Immigrant Visa System for the 21st Century".
Inserted: (20) The memorandum issued by the President on November 21, 2014, and entitled "Creating Welcoming Communities and Fully Integrating Immigrants and Refugees".
Inserted: (b) Executive Branch Demonstration of Immigration Statute Compliance.--The amounts described in subsection (a) will not be available for the uses described in such subsection until after the President, in conjunction with, and with the approval of the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General, submits a letter to Congress certifying that--
Inserted: (1) the memoranda listed in subsection (a) have been formally withdrawn;
Inserted: (2) no other memoranda or documentation with similar content have been issued; and
Inserted: (3) the United States Government intends to comply with all immigration enforcement requirements established by any Federal statute, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208).
Inserted: (c) Federal Highway Funds Unavailable for Illegal Workers.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made available to the Department of Transportation or to any other Federal agency, or otherwise deposited into any Federal, State, or local account that provides funding for interstate or intrastate highway construction or repair in any State, may be used to pay the salary, wages, benefits, or any other compensation of any person who has been directly or indirectly authorized to work in the United States pursuant to any of the memoranda listed in subsection (a) or any other documentation with similar content.
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SA 2265. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. DENIAL OF HIGHWAY FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNAUTHORIZED IMMIGRATION ACTIONS.
(a) Federal Highway Fund Suspension Pending Immigration Statute Compliance.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made available to the Department of Transportation or to any other Federal agency, or otherwise deposited into any Federal, State, or local account that provides funding for interstate or intrastate highway construction or repair in any State, may be used until the United States Government ceases to apply or otherwise enforce the policies set forth in the all of the following memoranda and any documents related to such memoranda:
(1) The memorandum issued by the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on March 2, 2011, and entitled “Civil Immigration Enforcement: Priorities for the Apprehension, Detention, and Removal of Aliens”.
(2) The memorandum issued by the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 17, 2011, and entitled “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion Consistent with the Civil Immigration Enforcement Priorities of the Agency for the Apprehension, Detention, and Removal of Aliens”.
(3) The memorandum issued by the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 17, 2011, and entitled “Prosecutorial Discretion: Certain Victims, Witnesses, and Plaintiffs”.
(4) The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy memorandum issued on November 17, 2011, and entitled “Revised Guidance for the Referral of Cases and Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs) in Cases Involving Inadmissible and Removable Aliens”.
(5) The memorandum issued by the Principal Legal Advisor of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on November 17, 2011, and entitled “Case-by-Case Review of Incoming and Certain Pending Cases”.
(6) The recommendations included in the report issued by the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on April 27, 2012, and entitled “ICE Response to the Task Force on Secure Communities Findings and Recommendations”.
(7) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012, and entitled “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children”.
(8) The memorandum issued by the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on December 21, 2012, and entitled “Civil Immigration Enforcement: Guidance on the Use of Detainers in the Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Criminal Justice Systems”.
(9) The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy memorandum issued on November 14, 2013, and entitled “Adjudication of Adjustment of Status Applications for Individuals Admitted to the United States Under the Visa Waiver Program”.
(10) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled “Southern Border and Approaches Campaign”.
(11) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled “Policies for the Apprehension, Detention and Removal of Undocumented Immigrants”.
(12) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled “Secure Communities”.
(13) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children and with Respect to Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents”.
(14) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled “Expansion of the Provisional Waiver Program”.
(15) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled “Policies Supporting U.S. High-Skilled Businesses and Workers”.
(16) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled “Families of U.S. Armed Forces Members and Enlistees”.
(17) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled “Directive to Provide Consistency Regarding Advance Parole”.
(18) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled “Policies to Promote and Increase Access to U.S. Citizenship”.
(19) The memorandum issued by the President on November 21, 2014, and entitled “Modernizing and Streamlining the U.S. Immigrant Visa System for the 21st Century”.
(20) The memorandum issued by the President on November 21, 2014, and entitled “Creating Welcoming Communities and Fully Integrating Immigrants and Refugees”.
(b) Executive Branch Demonstration of Immigration Statute Compliance.--The amounts described in subsection (a) will not be available for the uses described in such subsection until after the President, in conjunction with, and with the approval of the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General, submits a letter to Congress certifying that--
(1) the memoranda listed in subsection (a) have been formally withdrawn;
(2) no other memoranda or documentation with similar content have been issued; and
(3) the United States Government intends to comply with all immigration enforcement requirements established by any Federal statute, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208).
(c) Federal Highway Funds Unavailable for Illegal Workers.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made available to the Department of Transportation or to any other Federal agency, or otherwise deposited into any Federal, State, or local account that provides funding for interstate or intrastate highway construction or repair in any State, may be used to pay the salary, wages, benefits, or any other compensation of any person who has been directly or indirectly authorized to work in the United States pursuant to any of the memoranda listed in subsection (a) or any other documentation with similar content.
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