Immigration bill focuses on enforcement

Carolyn Hileman* | August 5, 2007  |

Filed Under Immigration

By Nicole Gaouette, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — Conservative Republican senators on Thursday introduced a bill bristling with immigration enforcement measures, the latest in a broad range of efforts across government to crack down on illegal immigration after the Senate’s failure earlier this summer to pass a broader overhaul. The bill would tighten enforcement on the border, in the country’s interior and at work sites. It would make it easier for agents to seize smugglers’ cars at the border, mandate jail time for individuals who overstay their visas — currently 40% of all people here illegally — and turn closed military bases into detention facilities. The bill’s sponsors, who include both strong supporters and staunch opponents of the recently failed legislation, said the legislation was meant to restore government credibility on immigration enforcement and thereby smooth the path to comprehensive overhaul… The new measure comes as momentum is building behind bolstering enforcement measures at all levels of government. The Bush administration is to unveil a rule making it tougher for businesses to hire illegal immigrants.

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