A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the procedures for voluntary departure with respect to certain aliens illegally in the United States and to increase the penalties for the illegal entry of aliens; to require the Attorney General to employ additional personnel to patrol the land borders of the United States.

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Title I: Amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act - Sets minimum penalties of not less than a $1,000 fine, or imprisonment for a term of not less than three years, or both, for persons convicted of bringing in and harboring specified aliens. Sets minimum dollar amounts for penalties for illegal entry by aliens. Requires the assignment for hearing and decision at the earliest practicable date of court proceedings relating to the reentry of deported aliens. Title II: Administrative Provisions and Feasibility Studies - Requires the Attorney General to establish a border patrol force of not less than 3,800 border patrol officers, for the purpose of patrolling the land borders of the United States. Directs the Attorney General to conduct a full and complete study on: (1) the feasibility of establishing a system for the issuance of machine-readable cards to aliens entering the United States; and (2) the feasibility of utilizing the most current available technology in electronic sensing devices for use by the border patrol force in patrolling the land borders of the United States.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 4 March 1975

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