US SB1937 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on October 5 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-10-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6362-6363)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on October 5 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-10-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6362-6363)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Border Security and Deferred Action Recipient Relief Act This bill establishes the Border Security Trust Fund, which shall make funds available for: (1) specified border fencing and wall procurement, construction, and improvements in Texas and California; and (2) border wall planning activities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may cancel removal of, and grant lawful permanent resident status on a conditional basis for up to 10 years to, qualifying resident aliens who: (1) have been continuously physically present in the United States since January 1, 2012; (2) were under 16 years old on the initial date of U.S. entry or, if 18 years or older when filing under this bill, have met certain educational, employment, or military requirements; (3) are not inadmissible or deportable on criminal, security, terrorism, or other grounds; (4) have not participated in persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; and (5) have not been convicted of specified federal or state offenses. Such an alien may subsequently adjust to permanent resident status and become eligible for naturalization. DHS may designate as a criminal gang or cartel a group, club, organization, or association comprised of five or more individuals that has as a primary purpose the commission of one or more specified criminal offenses and whose members engage in, or, during the five years immediately preceding the most recent commission of such an offense, have engaged in, a continuing series of such offenses. The bill makes persons associated with gangs or cartels inadmissible or deportable. DHS shall complete the construction of roads along the southern border to facilitate U.S. Customs and Border Protection access.
Title
Border Security and Deferred Action Recipient Relief Act
Sponsors
Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-10-05 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6362-6363) |
Same As/Similar To
SB2199 (Related) 2017-12-07 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 276.
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional oversight
Crimes against property
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Evidence and witnesses
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Human trafficking
Immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Latin America
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
Military personnel and dependents
Motor vehicles
Organized crime
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Right of privacy
Roads and highways
Texas
Violent crime
Visas and passports
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional oversight
Crimes against property
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Evidence and witnesses
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Human trafficking
Immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Latin America
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
Military personnel and dependents
Motor vehicles
Organized crime
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Right of privacy
Roads and highways
Texas
Violent crime
Visas and passports
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1937/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1937/BILLS-115s1937is.pdf |