Non-Citizen Enforcement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3851
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2007-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Arrest
Border patrols
Boundaries
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Criminal justice information
Deportation
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Fugitives from justice
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Illegal aliens
Latin America
Law enforcement officers
Local employees
Local officials
Mexico
Police
Recruiting of employees
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Smuggling
State employees
State officials

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: 
Non-Citizen Enforcement Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to increase the number of Border Patrol agents by at least 2,000 in each post-FY2010 fiscal year year until effective control of the border has been achieved through the Secure Border Initiative.
 
Empowers state or local officers and employees to arrest an alien unlawfully present in the United States who has been ordered removed in abstentia. Provides for such aliens' listing on the absconder category of the national criminal information center database.
 
Increases funding for the state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP).
 
Subject an individual unlawfully present in the United States to criminal penalties.
 
Increases penalties for firearms possession and controlled substance distribution violations by aliens unlawfully present in the United States.
 
Provides a 20-year maximum penalty for smuggling into the United States an alien previously deported on criminal conviction grounds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2007-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House