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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 552

To provide for the negotiation of bilateral prisoner transfer treaties with

foreign countries and to provide for the training in the United States

of border patrol and customs service personnel from foreign countries.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 18, 1995

Mr. HORN (for himself, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BEILENSON, Mr.

CONDIT, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, and Mr. SHAYS) introduced the following

bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations and,

in addition, to the Committees on the Judiciary and Ways and Means,

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the

committee concerned

A BILL

To provide for the negotiation of bilateral prisoner transfer

treaties with foreign countries and to provide for the

training in the United States of border patrol and customs service personnel from foreign countries.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Criminal Alien Trans5 fer and Border Enforcement Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

2 The purpose of this Act is to relieve overcrowding in

3 Federal and State prisons and costs borne by American

4 taxpayers by providing for the transfer of aliens unlawfully

5 in the United States who have been convicted of commit6 ting crimes in the United States to their native countries

7 to be incarcerated for the duration of their sentences.

8 SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

9 The Congress makes the following findings:

10 (1) The cost of incarcerating an alien unlaw11 fully in the United States in a Federal or State pris12 on averages $20,803 per year.

13 (2) There are approximately 58,000 aliens con14 victed of crimes incarcerated in United States pris15 ons, including 41,000 aliens in State prisons and

16 17,000 aliens in Federal prisons.

17 (3) Many of these aliens convicted of crimes are

18 also unlawfully in the United States, but the Immi19 gration and Naturalization Service does not have

20 exact data on how many.

21 (4) The combined cost to Federal and State

22 governments for the incarceration of such criminal

23 aliens is approximately $1,200,000,000, including—

24 (A) for State governments, $760,000,000;

25 and
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1 (B) for the Federal Government,

2 $440,000,000.

3 SEC. 4. PRISONER TRANSFER TREATIES.

4 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment

5 of this Act, the President should begin to negotiate and

6 renegotiate bilateral prisoner transfer treaties. The focus

7 of such negotiations shall be to expedite the transfer of

8 aliens unlawfully in the United States who are incarcer9 ated in United States prisons, to ensure that a tranferred

10 prisoner serves the balance of the sentence imposed by the

11 United States courts, and to eliminate any requirement

12 of prisoner consent to such a transfer.

13 SEC. 5. CERTIFICATION.

14 The President shall certify whether each prisoner

15 transfer treaty is effective in returning aliens unlawfully

16 in the United States who are incarcerated in the United

17 States to their country of citizenship.

18 SEC. 6. TRAINING OF BORDER PATROL AND CUSTOMS PER19 SONNEL FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

20 Subject to a certification under section 5, the Presi21 dent shall direct the Border Patrol Academy and the Cus22 toms Service Academy to enroll for training certain for23 eign law enforcement personnel. The President shall make

24 appointments of foreign law enforcement personnel to
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1 such academies to enhance the following United States law

2 enforcement goals:

3 (1) Drug interdiction and other cross-border

4 criminal activity.

5 (2) Preventing illegal immigration.

6 (3) Preventing the illegal entry of goods into

7 the United States (including goods the sale of which

8 is illegal in the United States, the entry of which

9 would cause a quota to be exceeded, or goods which

10 have not paid the appropriate duty or tariff).

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