Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON DC Today Representative John Culberson introduced three bills which if enacted will immediately strengthen Americas immigration enforcement at the border and throughout the United States.
After working closely with Judge Alia Moses in Del Rio Texas and law enforcement officers on the southern border I know these three straightforward changes to the law will help decrease the number of illegal immigrants crossing the Texas-Mexico border. When this legislation is enacted every illegal alien over the age of eighteen will be prosecuted wherever theyre found criminal illegal aliens will be deported swiftly after serving their sentences and existing law will be enforced with zero tolerance from Brownsville to San Diego" Rep. Culberson stated.
The Zero Tolerance for Illegal Entry Act (H.R. 5101) will expand the zero tolerance program enacted in the Del Rio sector to the entire border. This legislation ensures that any individual eighteen years or older that illegally crosses the border will be prosecuted to the fullest extent under existing criminal law that has been in effect since the 1950s. This bill is supported by the
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and is consistent with the stance of the
Center for Immigration Studies.
The Interior Immigration Enforcement Act (H.R. 5102) will ensure that adults without lawful immigration status in the United States will be prosecuted wherever they are found. Under current law any illegal alien apprehended must be prosecuted in the border sector in which they originally entered which is very difficult to prove. This legislation is supported by
FAIR NumbersUSA and is consistent with the stance of the
Center for Immigration Studies.
The Criminal Alien Detention and Removal Act (H.R. 5103) guarantees that any illegal alien convicted of a felony will automatically be deported by U.S. Marshals upon completion of their prison sentence. This bill is supported by
FAIR NumbersUSA and is consistent with the stance of the
Center for Immigration Studies.