Border Security Act of 2006

Summary

Border Security Act of 2006 - Provides for increases in: (1) Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel; (2) Bureau of Customs and Border Protection personnel; (3) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration personnel, including attorneys; (4) Federal Defenders Program attorneys; (5) U.S. attorneys; (6) Office of Immigration Litigation attorneys; (7) deputy marshals in the United States Marshals Service; and (8) immigration judges. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) report on the feasibility of using National Guard personnel and Department of Defense (DOD) assets to assist the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, and implement such plan if found feasible; (2) initiate a planning process for an international border fence/wall; (3) establish demonstration programs to evaluate border security and port of entry technologies; (4) acquire unmanned vehicles and other assets and technologies for border use; and (5) provide grants for state, local, and tribal border security activities. Directs the Attorney General to acquire additional immigration detention facilities. Wage Equity Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit wage requirements for employer H-2A visa (temporary agricultural worker) petitions. Increases penalties for: (1) alien smuggling; and (2) document fraud. Sets forth criminal penalties for an illegal alien who commits or conspires to commit a violent crime or drug trafficking offense. Makes criminal street gang members inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for temporary protected status. Continues the institutional removal program (IRP) and extends it to all States within five years. Authorizes state or local law enforcement authorities to temporarily detain an alien who is removable or illegally in the United States after such alien's sentence completion pending transfer to federal custody. Provides federal reimbursement for such costs. Provides for listing of immigration violators in the National Crime Information Center Database.

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 March 2006

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• Introduced in Senate

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