Posted on 05/21/2007 3:27:02 PM PDT by AuntB
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today once again introduced his immigration legislation aimed at addressing the ever-increasing influx of illegal immigrants to the United States and its strain on society. Inhofe’s ENFORCE - Engaging the Nation to Fight for Our Right to Control Entry -Act (S.1269) increases U.S. border security, emphasizes greater enforcement of existing immigration laws and prevents amnesty and other shortcuts for illegal immigrants.
“Illegal immigrants continue to cross our country’s borders, strain our economy and exploit our resources,” Inhofe said. “The gravity of this situation warrants that Americans of all political stripes come together to address this problem immediately. I will not stand idly by and watch our great nation collapse under the pressures of uncontrolled illegal immigration; this is a crisis and one that must be addressed aggressively.
“Simply granting citizenship to immigrants, who are currently in our country illegally, is not the answer. We must enhance our border security, hold those accountable who encourage illegal immigration and ensure that those who violate our laws by entering our country illegally do not have this illegal activity easily forgiven and even rewarded with permanent residence or citizenship. Our nation’s future rests on Congress’ actions of today, and the ENFORCE Act is a strong step in the right direction to help solve our growing problem of illegal immigration.”
Major Provisions in Inhofe’s ENFORCE Act:
· Establishes the National Border Neighborhood Watch (NBNW) Program allowing retired law enforcement officers to assist Border Patrol agents by reporting illegal border crossings. · Makes unlawful-presence in the United States a felony. · Establishes an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Tulsa, Oklahoma. · Authorizes funding for online immigration training for state and local law enforcement officers. · Eliminates the practice of granting automatic U.S. citizenship to children born to illegal immigrants in an effort to reduce ‘anchor babies.’ · Establishes an independent verification system for Social Security numbers; also mandates that immigrant’s Social Security numbers expire when visa runs out. · Establishes electronic birth & death registries to fight fraudulent Social Security cards · Helps reduce Individual Taxpayer Identification Number abuse. · Empowers state & local law enforcement to carryout immigration laws (but does not make it mandatory). · Establishes penalties for most flagrant employer tax violations—i.e. if an employer willfully files incorrect tax returns, they will be assessed the maximum penalties available. · Makes it illegal to operate day laborer centers for illegal aliens and to give them unemployment assistance. · Eliminates in-state tuition benefits for illegal aliens.
Most people regard the citizenship clause as self-explanitory, believing that to be "subject to the jurisdiction" all one has to do is to be within the territory of the United States. Thus they conclude that children of illegal aliens are obviously US citizens.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
If I'm driving in Britain, I have to obey their traffic laws because I am WITHIN British jurisdiction. That doesn't make me a British SUBJECT. Now, lest you think there is a difference between that usage of the word "subject" and the one in the Citizenship Clause, let's consult the Bouvier Law Dictionary 1856 edition, as it is the one most commonly used at the time the 14th Amendment was drafted and ratified. In this instance, the contextual usage of "subject" in the definition is exactly the same as that employed in the Citizenship Clause:
2. In monarchical governments, by subject is meant one who owes permanent allegiance to the monarch. Vide Body politic; Greenl. Ev. §286; Phil. & Am. on Ev. 732, n. 1.
Nice, thank you.
Enforce the Law bump!
I am looking at S. 1269 on the THOMAS libraryand I don’t see anything about busting employers. It may not have the current text.
I haven’t looked at Thomas today, it changes all the time.
There is this one phrase that might include some more employer sanctions:
“Establishes penalties for most flagrant employer tax violations—i.e. if an employer willfully files incorrect tax returns, they will be assessed the maximum penalties available.”
I'd like to see the provision against "anchor babies" made retroactive.
BTTT
BTTT!
It’s just a few pages, not 1000.....
(a) Short Title- This Act may be cited as the `Engaging the Nation to Fight for Our Right to Control Entry Act’ or the `ENFORCE Act’.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s110-1269
ANCHOR BABY PROVISION —————
TITLE V—CITIZENSHIP
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the `Citizenship Reform Act of 2007’.
SEC. 502. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this title is to clarify that citizenship at birth is available to a child born in the United States to a parent who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.
SEC. 503. CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH FOR CHILDREN OF NONCITIZEN, NONPERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS.
(a) In General- Section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (h) as paragraphs (1) through (8); and
(2) by striking `The following’ and inserting `(a) In General- Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the following’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
`(b) Children Born to Nationals of the United States or to Aliens Lawfully Admitted for Permanent Residence in the United States- For the purposes of subsection (a)(1), a person born in the United States shall be considered to be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States only if the person was born in the United States to parents, one of whom is—
`(1) a national of the United States; or
`(2) an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and maintains his or her residence in the United States.’.
(b) Effective Date- The amendments made by this section shall apply only to individuals born on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s110-1269
We NEED to push for this - NOW !!!
Oklahoma has the two best Senators. Inhofe and Tom Coburn. Oklahoma is Texas without the illegal aliens but with the oil. The black people there are patriotic and with some Indian in them. That’s how it seems to me.
That’s pretty much the way I see it, dennisw.
We do not need to send them back to Mexico. They can get back to the border the same way they got to wherever they are right now. Just tell them they have 30 days to leave or they will be in jail for five years - then get out of the way! On top of this, tell illegal employers they will be fined and jailed if they hire illegals.
It sounds like a good bill, can anyone think of any “gotchas”? These days I trust the senate about as far as I can spit a watermelon seed.
AMEN!
Let's get started!
“A bill is just not a bill without a little pork.”
A Small price to pay in the long run if this goes anywhere, gains traction and gets enacted.
I agree, that’s why I hope everyone will take a good look at the bill! I haven’t found anything scary yet.
BTT
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