Secure Borders FIRST (For Integrity, Reform, Safety, and Anti-Terrorism) Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2954
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2007-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Food
Alien labor
Aliens
Border patrols
Boundaries
Census
Citizenship
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Data banks
Deportation
Detention of persons
Drunk driving
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Employers' liability
English language
Executive orders
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fraud
Gangs
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Identification devices
Identity theft
Illegal aliens
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal aid
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Recruiting of employees
Right of asylum
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Tax deductions
Taxation
Temporary employment
Transportation and Public Works
Visas
Wages
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: 
Secure Borders FIRST (For Integrity, Reform, Safety, and Anti-Terrorism) Act of 2007 - Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) border security; (2) detention of dangerous aliens; (3) removal of alien gang members; (4) grants to state and local law enforcement agencies assisting with borders security and immigration enforcement; and (5) expedited removal on criminal or security grounds.
 
Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2007 - Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) social security identification; and (2) employer and recruiter requirements.
 
Employment Eligibility Verification and Anti-Identity Theft Act - Establishes an employment eligibility and identity verification system.
 
New IDEA (Illegal Deduction Elimination Act) - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to prohibit a deduction from gross income for wages paid to an unauthorized alien.
 
Stop the Misuse of ITINs Act of 2007 - Amends the Code to require Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and employer notification of the employment status of individuals not authorized to work in the United States. 
 
Sets forth birth certificate security provisions.
 
Provides for immigration enforcement sharing of social security information.
 
Revises the temporary agricultural worker program.
 
States that English shall be the official language of the U.S. government. Sets forth related English-language provisions.
 
Prohibits federal agency acceptance for any official purpose of personal identification issued by a foreign government (with a passport exception).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Introduced in House