To improve the security clearance process and increase the number of detention beds along the United States-Mexico border.

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Introduced

7 October 2004

Last action

5 November 2004 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Summary

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) ensure that Department of Homeland Security personnel along the United States-Mexico border have the security clearances required to access information to adequately screen entering immigrants, including IDENT and IAFIS databases and databases used by the Department's inspectors in secondary inspections; (2) develop the interagency agreements and information technology infrastructure necessary for such screening; and (3) increase by 2,000 the number of detention beds in the Port Isabel Service Processing Center at Los Fresnos, Texas.

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7 October 2004
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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7 October 2004
Introduced
Introduced in House
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7 October 2004
Introduced
Introduced in House
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5 November 2004
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/5267
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