US Republican proposes tough immigrant bill
The powerful chairman of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee put forward a tough bill on Tuesday designed to curb illegal immigration, punish those who employ illegal aliens and give the government more powers to detain and deport them.
Wisconsin Rep. James Sensenbrenner‘s bill was the latest to tackle the issue of the estimated 10-12 million illegal foreigners in the United States. Unlike the others, his contained no provisions for a guest worker program or measures that might help these people legalize their status.
Sensenbrenner’s bill would vastly expand an employer verification system designed to weed illegal immigrants out of the workforce. It would also increase civil and criminal penalties for knowingly hiring or employing an illegal worker. Another provision would declare street gang members from foreign countries inadmissible and subject to deportation. It would authorize the attorney general to designate groups or associations as criminal gangs if they met certain criteria.
Other clauses would enhance the Department of Homeland Security‘s powers to detain aliens considered dangerous indefinitely, with review of their detention to take place every six months, and even make drunken driving by illegal immigrants grounds for deportation after the third offense.
Source: Reuters
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