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    Border Security budget amounted to more than 3. Billion dollars in 2014, more than 13 times the budget in 1990. The majority of apprehensions over the past half century have involved Mexicans. U.s. Apprehends an average of 10,000 families per year illegally crossing the border.

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    Border Security budget amounted to more than 3. Billion dollars in 2014, more than 13 times the budget in 1990. The majority of apprehensions over the past half century have involved Mexicans. U.s. Apprehends an average of 10,000 families per year illegally crossing the border.

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    Burchett/5SenatorKaplan

    S.

    R._____

    ABILL
    Tocreateaborderpolicythateliminatesheavyspendingonborderregulationsandstreamlinesthelegalentryof
    immigrantsintotheUnitedStates.

    BeitenactedbytheSenateandHouseofRepresentativesoftheUnitedStatesofAmericainCongress
    assembled,

    SECTION1.SHORTTITLE

    ThisactmaybecitedastheBorderProficiencyActof2015.

    SECTION2.FINDINGS

    Congressherebyfindsanddeclaresthat,
    1)Militarizingbordersanddismantlingsocial,medical,andeducationalsupportforimmigrantswillcreatefurther
    tensionswithothercountries.
    2)BorderSecuritybudgetamountedtomorethan3.6billiondollarsin2014,morethan13timesthebudgetin
    1990.
    3)SubsequentrevisionstoimmigrationlawconsistentlydisregarddemandforMexicanandtoalesserdegree,
    CentralAmericanlabor.
    4)From1990to2007,legalworkerspayincreasedby10percentwhenworkingcomplimentarytoundocumented
    immigrants.
    5)In1960,halfofnativebornmenwerehighschooldropoutsinUnitedStatesseekingunskilledlabortoday,less
    than10percentofnativebornmenarehighschooldropouts.
    6)Millionsofpeopleprojectedtocomeacrossborderandreturntotheirhomecountriesifopenbordersare
    established.
    7)Noevidencesuggeststhatimmigrantsaregreatersourceofcrimethandomesticpopulation.
    8)Openborderpolicygreatlybenefitedtheeconomythroughoutthe19thandearly20thcentury.
    9)Highimmigrationwouldlowerlowskilledwages,buthavelittletonoeffectonoverallwages.
    10)Studieshaveshownthatimmigrantscanpulltheirownfiscalweighteveniftheirtaxbillsarewellbelow
    average.
    11)Therearecurrentlymorethan11millionunauthorizedimmigrantslivingintheUnitedStates.
    12)About36percentofimmigrantsarecollegegraduates,5percentabovetheUnitedStatesaverage.
    13)ThemajorityofapprehensionsoverthepasthalfcenturyhaveinvolvedMexicansaboutsevenoutofeight
    apprehensions.
    14)TheU.S.DepartmentofHomelandSecurityapprehendsanaverageof10,000familiesperyearillegallycrossing
    thebordermorethan55,000familieswereapprehendedinthefirstninemonthsof2014alone.

    SECTION3.STATUTORYLANGUAGE
    A)TheBorderProficiencyActof2015shallamendtheImmigrationandNationalityActtoallowforlegalentryof
    anypersonovertheageof18oraccompaniedbyaparentover18intotheUnitedStates.UponenteringtheUnited
    States,analien,definedasanypersonnotacitizenoftheUnitesStates,mustregisteratanimmigrationstation.An
    alienmustshowlegalproofofageorrelationtoaparentover18toobtainappropriateidentificationinordertobe
    subjecttofutureworkorhousingopportunities.
    B)TheBorderPatrolbudgetshallbereducedto65percentofthe2014budget(3.634billiondollars).TheBorder
    Patrolshallbeinchargeofconductingthecreationofidentificationsforaliens.Theseidentificationsshallincludea
    personsage,countryofemigration,andaphotoI.D.15percentoftheBorderPatrolsbudget,allocatedand
    approvedbyCongress,shallbereservedforthefundingofincreasedsecurityalongimmigrationstationsandfor
    materialstoproduceidentifications.
    C)Thosefoundprovidingworkorhousingopportunitiestoimmigrantswithoutproperidentificationwillbefined
    2,000dollars,enforcedbytheDepartmentofJustice.Thosefoundwithoutanidentificationshallbeforcedtoreturn
    toanimmigrationstationandwillbegivenone.TheBorderProficiencyActof2015shallbeenactedonJanuary1,
    2016andshallhavenoexpirationdate.

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