Border Law Enforcement Enhancement Act

Summary

Border Law Enforcement Enhancement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to sheriff's offices and local and tribal police departments in jurisdictions within 25 miles of the U.S. southern border for: (1) law enforcement operations; (2) detention (including construction and operation of detention facilities) and transfer of illegal aliens to federal authorities; (3) enforcement of substance trafficking laws and other state and federal criminal laws; and (4) hiring, equipping, training, and overtime. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize state or local law enforcement agencies to exercise federal immigration law enforcement authority.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 24 May 2007

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 24 May 2007

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 24 May 2007

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