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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1324 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations field office in 
Tulsa, Oklahoma. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2005 
Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. LUCAS, and Mr. BOREN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 
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 jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish 
a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office 
of Investigations field office in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) On July 17, 2002, 18 illegal immigrants 
were taken into custody by the Tulsa County Sher-
iff’s Department and then later released by the
former Immigration and Naturalization Service. The 
group included 3 minors. 
(2) On August 13, 2002, an immigration task 
force meeting convened in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with 
the goal of bringing together local law enforcement 
and the Immigration and Naturalization Service to 
open a dialogue to find effective ways to better en-
force Federal immigration laws in the first District 
of Oklahoma. 
(3) On January 22, 2003, 4 new agents at the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service office in 
Oklahoma City were hired. 
(4) On January 30, 2003, Oklahoma’s Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service office added 6 
new special agents to their staff. 
(5) On September 22, 2004, U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement authorized the release of 
18 possible illegal aliens that were in the custody of 
the City of Catoosa, Oklahoma Police Department. 
Catoosa Police stopped a truck carrying 18 persons, 
including children, in the early morning hours. Only 
2 of the detainees produced identification. One adult 
was arrested on drug possession charges, while the 
remaining individuals were released.
(6) Oklahoma has 1 U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement Office of Investigations located in 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Currently, 12 U.S. Im-
migration and Customs Enforcement agents serve 
3,500,000 people. 
(7) Oklahoma Interstate Highway I–44 and 
U.S.–75 are major roads through Tulsa, Oklahoma, 
and serve for the transportation of illegal immi-
grants to all areas of the United States. 
(8) The establishment of a U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations 
field office in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will help enforce 
Federal immigration laws in eastern Oklahoma. 
(9) There are 7 Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion agents, and an estimated 22 Federal Bureau of 
Investigation agents, headquartered in Tulsa, Okla-
homa, while no U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement agents are located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF I.C.E. FIELD OFFICE IN TULSA. 
Subject to the availability of appropriated funds, not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall estab-
lish a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office 
of Investigations field office in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 
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