HR5836Referred to Committee

Border Security and Employee Verification Improvement Act of 2010

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
111th
Congress
2010-07-22
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Sponsor

Sam Graves
Sam Graves
Republican · MO · Representative
Votes with party: 98.8% (516 recorded votes)

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

2010-10-13

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Plain-English Summary

Border Security and Employee Verification Improvement Act of 2010 - Provides for: (1) an increase of full-time active-duty Border Patrol personnel along the southern border for each of FY2011-FY2013; and (2) Border Patrol infrastructure improvements along such border. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) construct two layers of reinforced fencing along at least 150 miles (in addition to any existing fencing) of the southern border; and (2) complete such work within three years. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the E-Verify Program.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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