Accountability in Enforcing Immigration Laws Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3531
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2007-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Airports
Alien labor
Arrest
Aviation safety
Boundaries
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Criminal aliens
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Deportation
Detention of persons
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Ex-offenders
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Identification of criminals
Illegal aliens
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
International Affairs
International cooperation
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Law
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
Police
Police training
Rape
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation workers
Victims of crimes
Witnesses
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-14
text: 
Accountability in Enforcing Immigration Laws Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to subject all illegal alien entrants to fines. (Under current law, first-time offenses are subject to such fines and/or six months' imprisonment, and subsequent offenses are subject to such fines and/or two years' imprisonment.)
 
Directs United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to provide for: (1) detention of illegal aliens who are apprehended by state or local law enforcement officers; and (2) reimbursement of state and local detention costs.
 
Requires certain airport security screeners to undergo immigration status checks.
 
Requires owners and operators of high-risk critical infrastructure sites, in order to receive buffer zone protection grants, to conduct terrorist watchlist and immigration status database checks of security employees.
 
Condemns rapes by smugglers along the U.S. land border and urges the government of Mexico to work with United States Customs and Border Protection to take preventive action. 
 
Affirms the inherent authority of state and local law enforcement personnel to assist in immigration enforcement while carrying out their routine duties. States that such provision shall not be construed to require such personnel to: (1) report the identity of a victim of, or a witness to, a criminal offense to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); or (2) arrest such victim or witness for an immigration-related violation. 
 
Directs DHS to establish an immigration-related training manual for state and local law enforcement personnel. 
 
Provides financial assistance to state and local law enforcement agencies for immigration enforcement assistance.
 
Continues the institutional removal program and expands it to all states.
 
Authorizes permanent appropriations for the state criminal alien assistance program.
 
Provides for the listing of immigration violators in the National Crime Information Center Database.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2007-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2007-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2007-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2007-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-14
text: Introduced in House