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Improved Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 1993

Introduced: February 24, 1993 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 16, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety.
Mar 10, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1086)
Mar 9, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Mar 2, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees.
Feb 24, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Feb 24, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb 24, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb 24, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H865-867)
Feb 24, 1993
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improved Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 1993 - Increases FY 1994 personnel levels and funding for the Border Patrol and support personnel levels for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).

Provides for inservice training to familiarize Border Patrol personnel with the rights and varied cultural backgrounds of aliens and citizens. Authorizes FY 1994 appropriations.

Increases FY 1994 personnel levels in: (1) the Wage and Hour Division with the Employment Standards Administration of the Department of Labor, and assigns such additional personnel to areas with high concentrations of undocumented aliens; and (2) the Investigations Division within INS, and assigns such additional personnel to investigate violations of the employer sanctions provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act).

Increases for FY 1994 the number of Assistant United States Attorney positions, and assigns such additional personnel to prosecute persons who harbor or bring into the United States illegal aliens.

Amends the Act to increase penalties for harboring or bringing into the United States aliens for profit (but specifies that mere employment of an individual by itself shall not be deemed to constitute harboring).

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Attorney General and the Secretary of State should initiate programs with Mexico and Canada to prevent and prosecute the smuggling of aliens into the United States.

What's happening now March 16, 1993

Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 27, 1993
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Feb 24, 1993
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1078: Improved Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 1993. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-1078/
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