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Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to revise provisions regarding the detention and removal of aliens ordered removed.

Begins the removal period on the latest of: (1) the date the removal order becomes administratively final; (2) the date the alien is taken into Department of Homeland Security (DHS) custody if the alien is not in DHS custody on the date the removal order becomes administratively final; or (3) if the alien is detained or confined (except under an immigration process) on the date the removal order becomes administratively final, the date the alien is taken into DHS custody after the alien is released from detention or confinement.

Extends the removal (and detention) period beyond 90 days if: (1) the alien fails or refuses to comply with the removal order or to fully cooperate with DHS efforts to establish the alien's identity and carry out the removal order; (2) a court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, or an immigration judge orders a stay of removal of an alien who is subject to a final removal order; (3) DHS transfers custody of the alien to another federal agency or to a state or local agency; or (4) a court or the Board of Immigration Appeals orders a remand to an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals while the case is pending a decision on remand.

Begins a new removal period in the case of such an extended removal on the date: (1) the alien makes all reasonable efforts to comply with the removal order or to fully cooperate with DHS efforts to establish the alien's identity and carry out the removal order, (2) the stay of removal is no longer in effect, or (3) the alien is returned to DHS custody.

Requires mandatory detention for an alien who is inadmissible or deportable under specified criminal or terrorist grounds.

Directs the Secretary to establish a detention review process for cooperative aliens.

Authorizes DHS to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under removal order who cannot be removed if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with DHS identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences or would threaten national security; (5) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.

Authorizes unlimited detention of certain aliens during removal proceedings.

Subjects a criminal alien to mandatory DHS detention upon release without regard to whether the alien's release is related to: (1) certain activities, offenses, or convictions under INA; (2) whether the alien is released on parole, supervised release, or probation; or (3) whether the alien may be arrested or imprisoned again for the same offense.

Limits the Attorney General's (DOJ) review of DHS custody determinations to whether the alien may be detained, released with no bond, or released on bond of at least $1,500.

Limits the Attorney General's review of DHS custody determinations for an alien in certain categories to whether the alien was properly included in such category.

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Summary: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (PRC) eligible for designation as a visa waiver program country.

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Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a visa waiver program for the United States Virgin Islands for a national of a country that is a member or an associate member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) listed in regulations under this Act and who is applying for admission as a nonimmigrant business or pleasure visitor solely for entry into and stay in the United States Virgin Islands for not more than 30 days, if the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) determines that such waiver does not represent a threat to the welfare or security of the United States or its territories and commonwealths.

Directs the Secretary to suspend the admission of nationals of a country if such admissions have resulted in an unacceptable number of visitors remaining unlawfully in the United States Virgin Islands, unlawfully obtaining entry to other parts of the United States, or seeking withholding of removal or asylum, or that visitors from such country pose a risk to law enforcement or security interests of the United States Virgin Islands or of the United States.

Authorizes the Secretary to suspend the program at any time, on a country-by-country basis, for other good cause.

Provides for the addition of program countries.

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Foster Children Opportunity Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require state plans for foster care and adoption assistance to have procedures to assist alien children in the child welfare system achieve special immigrant juvenile status and lawful permanent resident status before exiting foster care.

Requires case plans to include documentation of the steps the state child welfare agency is taking in assisting children obtain lawful immigrant status before exiting foster care.

Requires a permanency hearing to determine whether a petition for special immigrant juvenile status or lawful permanent resident status has been filed on behalf of an alien foster child and, if it has not been filed, whether it is in the child's best interest to have such a petition filed or to have immigration counsel appointed.

Authorizes the use of court improvement program grant funds to educate and train child welfare and court staff to assist alien children in achieving special immigrant juvenile status, lawful permanent resident status, and other forms of relief under immigration law.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), on the request of a child welfare agency, to provide technical assistance in carrying out this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to and contract with qualified non-profit or other community-based service providers to perform the assistance.

Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to make an exception to the five-year limited eligibility of qualified aliens for federal means-tested public benefits for individuals who have obtained special immigrant juvenile status.

Makes a similar exception for such individuals with respect to the limited eligibility of qualified aliens for certain Federal programs.

foster children opportunity act amends foster care adoption assistance title social security act require state plans foster care adoption assistance procedures assist alien children child welfare system achieve special immigrant juvenile status lawful permanent resident status exiting foster care requires case plans include documentation steps state child welfare agency taking assisting children obtain lawful immigrant status exiting foster care requires permanency hearing determine petition special immigrant juvenile status lawful permanent resident status filed behalf alien foster child filed child best interest petition filed immigration counsel appointed authorizes use court improvement program grant funds educate train child welfare court staff assist alien children achieving special immigrant juvenile status lawful permanent resident status forms relief immigration law requires secretary health_and_human_services hhs request child welfare agency provide technical assistance carrying act authorizes secretary award grants contract qualified non profit community based service providers perform assistance amends personal responsibility work opportunity reconciliation act exception year limited eligibility qualified aliens federal means tested public benefits individuals obtained special immigrant juvenile status makes similar exception individuals respect limited eligibility qualified aliens certain federal programs


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Tibetan Refugee Assistance Act of 2013 - Makes 3,000 immigrant visas available in FY2014-FY2016 for individuals who were born in Tibet and have been continuously residing in India or Nepal prior to the date of the enactment of this Act.

Considers an individual to be a native of Tibet if such individual was born in Tibet or is the son, daughter, grandson, or granddaughter of an individual born in Tibet.

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Keeping the Promise of IRCA Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require an employer to attest, during the verification period and under penalty of perjury, that the employer has verified that an individual is not an unauthorized alien by: (1) obtaining and recording the individual's social security account number, and (2) examining specified documents that establish such individual's identity and employment authorization.

Requires an individual to attest that he or she is a U.S. citizen or national, a lawful permanent resident, or an alien authorized to work in the United States. Subjects an individual who knowingly uses the social security number or other identification of another person to criminal penalties.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.)

Sets forth EEVS responsibilities of the Commissioner of Social Security (SSA) and the Secretary.

Establishes a phased-in EEVS participation deadline (six months to two years) for different categories of employers.

Directs the Secretary to work with the states to establish a common data set and data exchange protocol for electronic birth and death registration systems.

 Directs the Secretary to check against all available terrorist watch lists those alien smugglers and smuggled individuals who are interdicted at U.S. land, air, and sea borders.

Revises alien smuggling and related criminal offense and penalty provisions.

Provides extraterritorial jurisdiction over such offenses.

Limits a defense of necessity for knowingly bringing an illegal alien into the United States from the high seas.

Exempts from certain of such violations a bona fide nonprofit, religious organization in the United States that enables an alien who is present in the United States to serve as a volunteer minister or missionary for such organization in the United States.

Prohibits a state or local government from receiving criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP) assistance if it is not in compliance with the prohibition of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 against any restriction by a government entity or official of communications by any other government entity or official with a federal immigration agency involving information about an individual's citizenship or immigration status.

Grants specified arrest and weapons authority to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforcement agents and deportation officers who have completed immigration enforcement training.

Authorizes the Secretary to hire 2,500 ICE detention enforcement officers.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) hire additional ICE deportation enforcement officers and support personnel; (2) assist state or local gang or drug task forces if requested; (3) assist federal, state, and county prisons or jails; (4) increase ICE detention capacity; (5) hire additional ICE prosecutors; and (6) establish a pilot program to allow deportation officers and immigration enforcement agents to electronically process and serve charging documents and place detainers while in the field.

Requires immigration officers who encounter illegal aliens with specified criminal convictions, gang affiliations, or who pose a risk to public safety or national security to process such aliens and refer them for removal proceedings by issuing a Notice to Appear.

Amends the the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) prohibit issuance of visas to citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents of a country listed in the most recent quarterly delayed repatriation report until the Secretary notifies the Secretary of State that the country is no longer listed, or each alien listed in the report with respect to such country has been removed from the United States; and (2) deny entrance to visa holders who are citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents, of such a country.

Directs the Attorney General (DOJ) to create and fill 20 additional immigration judgeships.

Establishes an ICE Advisory Council.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop the biometric automated entry and exit control system within two years; and (2) establish biometric exit pilot programs at a minimum of 10 land ports of entry, including at least two each in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, and at least two on the U.S.-Canada border.

Requires DHS to assess the effectiveness of border enforcement strategies and tools by using the metric of operational control. (Defines operational control as the prevention of all unlawful U.S. entries, including entries by terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, narcotics, and other contraband.)

Directs the Secretary to develop a national strategy to secure the borders that describes actions to be carried out to achieve operational control over all U.S. ports of entry and the U.S. international land and maritime borders by December 31, 2015.

Provides for border technology improvement through equipment sharing with the Department of Defense (DOD).

Requires that ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel be provided with adequate equipment to ensure their safety.

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Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act or SKILLS Visa Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to set worldwide employment-based immigration levels at: (1) 140,000 through FY2013, and (2) 235,000 beginning in FY 2014 reduced by the number of returned visas resulting from the elimination of the diversity immigrant program.

Makes up to 55,000 (EB-6) visas, reduced by the number of returned visas resulting from the elimination of the diversity immigrant lottery, available in FY2014 and subsequent fiscal years to qualified immigrants who: (1) have a doctorate degree in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM degree) from a U.S. doctoral institution of higher education, or have completed a dental, medical, or veterinary residency program, have received a medical degree, a dentistry degree, a veterinary degree, or an osteopathic medicine/osteopathy degree; and (2) have taken all required courses, including courses taken by correspondence or by distance education, while physically present in the United States.

Makes unused EB-1 (priority worker) and EB-6 visas available to (EB-7 visa) aliens who: (1) hold a master's degree in a STEM field from a U.S. doctoral institution of higher education that was either part of a master's program that required at least two years of enrollment or part of a five-year combined baccalaureate-master's degree program in such field; (2) have taken all master's degree courses in a STEM field, including all courses taken by correspondence or by distance education, while physically present in the United States; and (3) hold a baccalaureate degree in a STEM field.

Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary) from approving an employer petition for an EB-6 or EB-7 alien unless the Secretary receives a Department of Labor determination that there are not sufficient American workers available for the job.

Establishes: (1) an EB-8-1 immigrant visa for qualifying venture capital-backed start-up entrepreneurs and for self-sponsored start-up entrepreneurs who intend to engage in, or have engaged in, new commercial enterprises in the United States; and (2) an EB-8-2 immigrant visa for treaty trader nonimmigrants who have maintained such status for at least 10 years, have benefitted the U.S. economy, and have created full-time employment for at least 5 U.S. workers for at least 10 years.

Grants such alien entrepreneur (and spouse and children) conditional permanent resident status. Requires termination of such status if the Secretary determines: (1) that the qualifying employment was intended as a means to evade U.S. immigration laws, or (2) other specified requirements were not met.

Sets forth the conditions for an alien to petition for permanent resident status.

Revises worldwide levels of employment- and family-based based immigrants.

Makes the the EB-5 regional center program permanent.

Eliminates: (1) the diversity immigrant program as of October 1, 2013, (2) the provision requiring the reduction of annual People's Republic of China immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992, and (3) the per-country limit for employment-based immigrants. Increases, however, the per-country limit for family-based immigrants.

Makes the J-1 visa waiver (Conrad state 30/medical services in underserved areas) program permanent.

Increases the number of alien physicians that a state may be allocated from 30 to 35 per fiscal year.

Provides up to three visa waivers per fiscal year per state for physicians in academic medical centers.

Extends dual intent to aliens coming to the United States to receive graduate medical education or training, or to take examinations required for such education or training.

Sets forth specified employment protections and contract requirements for alien physicians working in underserved areas.

Excludes from numerical immigration limitations alien physicians who have completed national interest waiver requirements by working in a health care shortage area.

Increases the H-1B (specialty occupation) nonimmigrant visa limitation to 155,000 per fiscal year beginning in FY2014.

Replaces the current higher education degree exemption from H-1B limitations with an exemption for up to 40,000 aliens with a STEM master's or doctorate degree (EB-6 and EB-7 aliens).

Directs the Secretary to verify the authenticity of foreign educational degrees. Authorizes a related employer fee.

Establishes in the Treasury the H-1B Educational Credential Verification Account.

Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to issue subpoenas to employers of H-1B, H-1B1(specialty workers pursuant to agreements with Chile or Singapore), and E-3 (specialty worker pursuant to a treaty of commerce) nonimmigrants.

Sets forth wage and working condition requirements for employers of: (1) Mexican or Canadian professionals, and (2) specialized knowledge L-visa aliens (intracompany transferees) who will be employed for more than six months over a three-year period.

Provides portability for O-1 visa nonimmigrants (extraordinary ability in the sciences, education, business, athletics, or the arts or films or television).

Extends dual intent to foreign students who: (1) are coming to the United States to pursue STEM field degrees at institutions of higher education that have agreed to report the attendance of each nonimmigrant student to DHS, or (2) are engaged in temporary post graduation employment for optional practical training related to such study.

Permits specified nonimmigrant aliens granted employment authorization to continue employment with the same employer for up to 240 days while an application for extension of stay is adjudicated.

Increases H-1B employer fees. Obligates a part of such fees for STEM education and training.

Establishes a fee for employment-based immigrant I-140 visa petitions. Obligates such fees for STEM education and training.

Establishes the Promoting American Ingenuity Account to strengthen STEM education. Sets forth assistance allocation and state fund use provisions.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide employers with a survey to determine the prevailing wage for each occupational classification. Establishes three wage levels commensurate with experience, education, and level of supervision.

Directs the Secretary to establish a streamlined pre-certification procedure for employers who file multiple petitions for specified categories of immigrant workers.

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Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal Act of 2013 or the CLEAR Act of 2013 - States that: (1) state and local law enforcement personnel, in the course of their routine duties, have the inherent authority to investigate, apprehend, or transfer to federal custody aliens in the United States (including interstate transportation of such aliens to detention centers) in order to assist in the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws; and (2) effective two years after enactment of this Act, a state that has in effect a statute, policy, or practice prohibiting such law enforcement assistance shall not receive certain federal incarceration assistance.

Provides for the listing of immigration violators in the National Crime Information Center database.

Directs states and localities to provide the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) with specified information about apprehended aliens who are believed to be in violation of U.S. immigration laws. Provides federal reimbursement for related state and local costs. (States that such provision shall not require state or local enforcement officials to provide DHS with information related to a victim of a crime or witness to a criminal offense.)

Directs the Secretary to make grants to states and political subdivisions that enforce immigration laws in the course of their routine law enforcement duties for special equipment and facilities related to arresting, detaining, or transporting illegal aliens.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) construct or acquire 20 additional detention facilities for aliens detained pending removal (or a decision on removal); and (2) consider the transfer of military installations under base closure laws for such purposes.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding illegal aliens apprehended by state or local authorities to provide for: (1) federal custody upon state or local request; and (2) state or local compensation for related incarceration and transportation costs.

Directs the Attorney General (DOJ) or the Secretary to ensure that the detention of an alien subject to removal is in an adequate state or local prison, detention center, or other comparable facility prior to his or her removal examination.

Directs the Secretary to establish immigration-related training for state and local personnel.

Provides: (1) personal liability immunity to the same extent as corresponding federal immunity for state or local personnel enforcing immigration laws within the scope of their duties under this Act; and (2) civil rights money damage immunity for state or local agencies enforcing immigration laws unless their personnel violated criminal law in such enforcement.

Continues the institutional removal program (IRP), which shall be expanded to all states.

Authorizes state or local detention of an illegal alien after completion of such alien's prison sentence for: (1) up to 14 days to facilitate federal transfer; or (2) until transfer to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2014 and subsequent fiscal years for the state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP).

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Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act or the SAFE Act - Title I: Immigration Law Enforcement by States and Localities - (Sec. 102) Authorizes: (1) states or their political subdivisions to enact and enforce immigration criminal penalties as long as they do not exceed relevant federal criminal penalties; and (2) state or local law enforcement personnel to investigate, apprehend, arrest, or transfer to federal custody aliens for immigration enforcement purposes to the same extent as federal law enforcement personnel.

(Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary) to provide the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) with all information that the Secretary has regarding any alien:

 against whom a final order of removal has been issued, who has entered into a voluntary departure agreement, who has overstayed his or her authorized period of stay, or whose visa has been revoked. Requires NCIC to enter such information into its Immigration Violators File.

(Sec. 104) Requires states to have access to federal programs or technology directed at identifying inadmissible or deportable aliens.

(Sec. 105) Requires states and their political subdivisions to provide DHS with specified identifying information about each apprehended alien who is believed to be inadmissible or deportable.

(Sec. 106) Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible states and their political subdivisions for procurement of equipment, technology, and facilities related to investigating, apprehending, arresting, or transporting inadmissible or deportable aliens.

 Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 107) Directs the Secretary to construct or acquire additional domestic detention facilities for aliens detained pending removal.

 Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 108) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) regarding illegal aliens apprehended by state or local authorities to provide for:

 federal custody upon state or local request, state or local compensation for related incarceration and transportation costs, and prompt transfer of apprehended aliens from state and local custody to federal custody. Directs the Attorney General or the Secretary to ensure that an alien subject to removal is detained in an adequate state or local prison, detention center, or other comparable facility.

(Sec. 109) Directs the Secretary to establish immigration-related training for state and local personnel.

 Gives funding priority to existing web-based immigration enforcement training systems.

(Sec. 110) Provides personal liability immunity to the same extent as corresponding federal immunity for state or local personnel enforcing immigration laws within the scope of their duties.

 (Sec. 111) Directs the Secretary to continue to operate a program that: (1) identifies removable criminal aliens in federal and state correctional facilities, (2) ensures that such aliens are not released into the community, and (3) removes them from the United States after the completion of their sentences.

Extends such program to all states.

 Authorizes limited state and local detention of a criminal alien after completion of a state or local prison sentence until transfer to federal custody.

(Sec. 112) Requires DHS (which currently is merely authorized) to accept a state or local request to enter into an immigration enforcement agreement absent a compelling reason to not do so.

(Sec. 113) Authorizes appropriations for the state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP).

Transfers SCAAP from DOJ to DHS.

(Sec. 114) Requires states and localities to: (1) notify the federal government of inadmissible or removable aliens who are encountered by law enforcement personnel, (2) comply with federal law enforcement information requests and with DHS detainers.

Denies specified federal law enforcement assistance to a state or a political subdivision that prohibits law enforcement officers from cooperating with federal immigration law enforcement.

(Sec. 115) Directs the Secretary to execute all lawful writs, process, and orders issued under the authority of the United States.

Title II: National Security - (Sec. 201) Revises and expands certain terrorism-related provisions and bans with respect to naturalization, asylum, good moral character, voluntary departure, and cancellation of removal.

(Sec. 202) Prohibits an alien who was inadmissible or deportable on security and related grounds from being regarded as a person of good moral character under INA.

 Applies the good moral character bar regardless of when a crime was classified as an aggravated felony.

(Sec. 203) Prohibits:

 naturalization of an alien who was inadmissible or deportable on security grounds and related grounds; and DHS or a court from considering a naturalization application while any proceeding to determine inadmissibility, deportability, or eligibility for lawful permanent residence is pending. Requires a conditional lawful permanent resident to have the condition removed before applying for naturalization.

(Sec. 204) Authorizes the denaturalization of a person who participates in: (1) terrorist activities or incitement of terrorist activities, (2) violent or unlawful activities aimed at the overthrow of the United States, or (3) military-type training from or on behalf of a terrorist organization.

(Sec. 205) Authorizes the use or publication by DHS of certain legalization or special agricultural worker status information for any purpose relating to terrorism, national intelligence, or national security.

(Sec. 206) Requires security and background checks and investigations of suspected immigration irregularities to be completed before specified immigration-related statuses and benefits may be granted or adjudicated.

(Sec. 207) Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to transfer responsibility for securing transit passage areas at ports of entry within the United States from the Department of State to DHS.

 Prohibits a court from ordering the grant of benefits to any person until the necessary checks have been completed.

Title III: Removal of Criminal Aliens - (Sec. 301) Revises and expands the definition of "aggravated felony" under INA. Makes such changes retroactive.

(Sec. 302) Adds new grounds of inadmissibility for: (1) identity fraud or Social Security number misuse; (2) unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization; (3) specified firearm offenses; (4) conviction of an aggravated felony; and (5) crimes of domestic violence, stalking, or child abuse. Makes such additions retroactive.

Adds new grounds of deportability for: (1) identity fraud or Social Security number misuse, and (2) unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization. Makes such additions retroactive.

(Sec. 303) Makes inadmissible an alien who plans to or has engaged in espionage, prohibited export, or other unlawful activities, including activities aimed at the violent overthrow of the U.S. government.

(Sec. 304) Prohibits the sale of or possession of firearms by any alien who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence.

(Secs. 305-307) Amends the federal criminal code to:

 place a 10-year statute of limitations on most criminal violations of INA; make all passport and visa fraud a racketeering activity; and expand the definition of aggravated felony to include all penalties for passport, visa, and immigration fraud (under chapter 75 of title 18). (Sec. 308) Makes aggravated felons ineligible for refugee or asylee adjustment of status.

 (Sec. 309) Makes a second DUI conviction an aggravated felony under INA.

 Requires the detention of an unlawfully present alien who has been convicted of driving while intoxicated without regard to whether the conviction is classified as a misdemeanor or felony under state law.

(Sec. 310) Revises provisions regarding the detention and removal of aliens ordered removed.

Begins the removal period on the latest of:

 the date the removal order becomes administratively final; the date the alien is taken into DHS custody if the alien is not in DHS custody on the date the removal order becomes administratively final; or if the alien is detained or confined (except under an immigration process) on the date the removal order becomes administratively final, the date the alien is taken into DHS custody after the alien is released from detention or confinement. Extends the removal (and detention) period beyond 90 days if:

 the alien fails or refuses to comply with the removal order or to fully cooperate with DHS efforts to establish the alien's identity and carry out the removal order; a court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, or an immigration judge orders a stay of removal of an alien who is subject to a final removal order; DHS transfers custody of the alien to another federal agency or to a state or local agency; or a court or the Board of Immigration Appeals orders a remand to an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals while the case is pending a decision on remand. Begins a new removal period in the case of such an extended removal on the date:

 the alien makes all reasonable efforts to comply with the removal order or to fully cooperate with DHS efforts to establish the alien's identity and carry out the removal order, the stay of removal is no longer in effect, or the alien is returned to DHS custody. Requires mandatory detention for an alien who is inadmissible or deportable under specified criminal or terrorist grounds.

Directs the Secretary to establish a detention review process for cooperative aliens.

Authorizes DHS to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under removal order who cannot be removed if:

 the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with DHS identification and removal efforts; the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences or would threaten national security; release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies. Authorizes unlimited detention of certain aliens during removal proceedings.

Subjects a criminal alien to mandatory DHS detention upon release without regard to whether the alien's release is related to:

 certain activities, offenses, or convictions under INA; whether the alien is released on parole, supervised release, or probation; or whether the alien may be arrested or imprisoned again for the same offense. (Sec. 311) Authorizes the Secretary to designate groups as criminal street gangs.

 Makes an alien who is, or was, a member of a criminal gang inadmissible and deportable.

Requires detention for anyone found inadmissible or deportable for criminal street gang membership.

Bars individuals found inadmissible or deportable for criminal gang membership from asylum, withholding of removal, and temporary protected status.

(Secs. 312-313) Amends federal criminal law with respect to identity theft and money laundering under INA.

(Sec. 314) Revises prohibitions and requirements regarding alien smuggling and harboring.

 Prescribes criminal penalties for any person who:

 facilitates, encourages, or directs a person to come to or enter the United States, or to cross the U.S. border, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such person is an alien who lacks lawful authority to do so; facilitates, encourages, or directs a person to come to or enter the United States, or to cross the U.S. border, at a place other than a designated port of entry or a place designated by DHS, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such person is an alien and regardless of whether such alien has official permission or lawful authority to be in the United States; transports, moves, harbors, or shields from detection a person outside of the United States knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such person is an alien seeking to enter the United States without lawful authority; encourages or induces a person to reside in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such person is an alien who lacks lawful authority to reside in the United States; transports or moves a person in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such person is an alien who lacks lawful authority to enter or be in the United States, if the transportation or movement will further the alien's illegal entry into or illegal presence in the United States; harbors, conceals, or shields from detection a person in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such person is an alien who lacks lawful authority to be in the United States; or conspires or attempts to commit any of such acts. Provides extraterritorial federal jurisdiction over such offenses.

Revises related criminal penalties.

Subjects to forfeiture real or personal property used to commit or facilitate a violation under this section.

Limits arrest authority under this section to only: (1) officers and employees designated by the Secretary, and (2) other officers responsible for the enforcement of federal criminal laws.

(Sec. 315) Subjects to specified criminal penalties (increases certain of such penalties) for illegal entry or presence an alien who knowingly:

 enters or crosses the border at a place other than a designated port of entry; evades inspection by an immigration, customs, or agricultural officer; makes a false or misleading statement or conceals a material fact during examination or inspection while crossing the border; violates the conditions of U.S. admission or parole; or is unlawfully present in the United States. Revises related criminal penalties.

Eliminates current criminal penalties for: (1) marriage-based immigration fraud, and (2) immigration-related commercial enterprise fraud.

(Sec. 316) Revises criminal penalties for an alien who is a criminal offender who was removed from the United States and subsequently attempts or seeks to enter, crosses or attempts to cross the border, or is at any time found in the United States.

 Sets forth a limited affirmative defense to a violation of this section.

 Eliminates the authorization for an alien charged with unlawful reentry to challenge the validity of any prior removal order, subject to certain limitations.

(Secs. 317-318) Increases penalties under the federal criminal code for certain immigration document and passport fraud activities, and authorizes forfeiture of property used in connection with them.

 States that someone who attempts or conspires to violate such prohibitions shall be punished in the same manner as a person who completes the violation.

(Sec. 319) Reduces the period during which an alien may seek judicial review of an expedited removal order based on criminal or security grounds.

Subjects to such expedited removal procedures an individual inadmissible because of a criminal offense if the individual has not been admitted or paroled, does not have a credible fear of persecution, and is not eligible for relief from removal.

(Sec. 320) Expands the grounds of inadmissibility and deportability to include violation of federal requirements regarding sex offender registration.

(Sec. 321) Prohibits U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents convicted of certain sex offenses from sponsoring an alien for admission unless the Secretary determines that such person poses no risk to the alien.

(Sec. 322) Authorizes the Attorney General to consider evidence extrinsic to an alien's conviction record to determine whether the conviction was based on conduct constituting a crime of moral turpitude or a domestic violence offense (which would make the alien deportable).

(Sec. 323) Subjects inadmissible aliens who fail to obey removal orders to the same criminal penalties that apply to deportable aliens who fail to obey removal orders.

(Sec. 324) States that a conviction for which a pardon has been issued shall not be grounds for deportability by reason of such conviction.

Title IV: Visa Security - (Sec. 401) States that all visas held by an alien are void if the alien has overstayed his or her stay.

(Sec. 402) Revises visa information sharing requirements. Authorizes the Department of State to share visa records on a case-by-case basis with a foreign government for the purpose of determining removability or eligibility for a visa, admission, or other immigration benefits, or if in the U.S. national interest.

(Sec. 403) Prohibits waiver of a visa interview for an alien the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary, determines to be: (1) a person of concern, (2) in a class of aliens that are security threats, or (3) in a visa category that would create a high risk of degradation of visa program integrity.

(Sec. 404) Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) issue guidance to consular officers for implementing the authority to deny visa applications without interview where the alien is determined to be ineligible for a visa based upon review of the application, and (2) report to Congress quarterly on the number of denial of visa applications without review.

(Sec. 405) States that the Secretary: (1) shall have, with certain exceptions, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer all immigration or nationality laws relating to consular functions in connection with visa issuance or denial; and (2) may refuse or revoke any visa to an alien or class of aliens for U.S. security interests.

Prohibits judicial review of the Secretary's decision to refuse or revoke a visa.

(Sec. 406) Authorizes a consular surcharge (in addition to immigrant visa fees) to fund the visa security program.

 (Secs. 407-408) Provides for expedited clearance and placement of DHS personnel at overseas embassies and consular posts.

(Sec. 409) Requires that a person coming to study at a college, university, or language training program in the United States under a nonimmigrant student F-visa must attend an institution that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of Education.

 Requires academic institutions (exempts seminaries or other religious institutions) to be similarly accredited for F-visa purposes if: (1) the institution is not already required to be accredited, and (2) an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of Education is able to provide such accreditation.

Authorizes the Secretary to waive the accreditation requirement for an established college, university, or language training program that is otherwise in compliance with F-visa provisions and is has been a good faith candidate for accreditation for at least one year.

Makes a temporary exception.

(Sec. 410) Authorizes the Secretary, upon reasonable suspicion that an owner of, or a designated school official at, an approved institution of higher education, another educational institution, or a designated exchange visitor program, has committed student and exchange visitor program (SEVP) fraud, to: (1) suspend such certification without prior notification, and (2) suspend such official's or such school's student and exchange visitor information system (SEVIS) access.

Disqualifies permanently an owner or school official who is convicted of SEVP-related fraud from filing future petitions and from having an ownership interest or a management role in any U.S. educational institution that enrolls nonimmigrant alien students or nonimmigrant alien vocational students.

(Sec. 411) Prohibits an individual from serving as a designated school official or from being granted access to SEVIS unless the individual: (1) is a U.S. national or a lawful permanent resident alien who, during the most recent three-year period, has undergone a specified background check; and (2) has completed a SEVP and SEVIS training course.

Authorizes the Secretary to collect a fee for each such security check.

(Sec. 412) Authorizes school officials to nominate as many designated school officials in addition to their principal designated school official as necessary and adequate to make recommendations to enrolled students on how to maintain nonimmigrant status.

(Sec. 413) Requires an SEVP-participating institution or exchange visitor program sponsor to report to DHS on students or exchange visitors with nonimmigrant status.

(Sec. 414) Makes flight schools that are not certified by the Federal Aviation Administration ineligible to access SEVIS.

 Makes a temporary exception.

(Sec. 415) Requires: (1) that an accrediting agency or association notify the Secretary if an educational institution is denied accreditation or if accreditation is suspended withdrawn or terminated, and (2) the Secretary to immediately terminate SEVIS access.

(Secs. 416-417) ) Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) a risk assessment strategy to identify, investigate and take action against schools and school officials committing or facilitating student visa fraud; and (2) a plan for implementation of several fraud and misuse recommendations by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

(Sec. 418) Directs the Secretary to complete the deployment of both phases of the 2nd generation student and exchange visitor information system (SEVIS II).

Title V: Aid to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers - (Sec. 501) Authorizes all DHS immigration enforcement agents and deportation officers who have successfully completed basic immigration law enforcement training to: (1) make arrests for offenses against the United States, for certain felonies, and for bringing in, transporting, or harboring certain aliens; (2) execute warrants of arrest for administrative immigration violations; and (3) carry firearms.

(Sec. 502) Authorizes the Secretary to hire additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention enforcement officers.

(Sec. 503) Directs the Secretary to ensure that ICE immigration enforcement agents and deportation officers are issued body armor and weapons.

(Sec. 504) Establishes an ICE Advisory Council.

 (Sec. 505) Establishes a pilot program in at least 5 of the 10 busiest ICE offices to process electronically and serve charging documents, and process and place detainers while in the field.

(Secs. 506-507) Directs the Secretary to increase the number of ICE deportation officers, support staff, and prosecutors.

Title VI: Miscellaneous Enforcement Provisions - (Sec. 601) Revises voluntary departure requirements.

Makes aliens who violate certain security-related grounds ineligible for the granting of voluntary departure in lieu of removal. (Removes the condition that they must also be deportable on such grounds in order to be ineligible for voluntary departure.)

 Reduces the departure period in the case of voluntary departure granted before the completion of removal proceedings.

Authorizes the Secretary to require an alien permitted to depart voluntarily before the conclusion of removal proceedings to post a voluntary departure bond, to be surrendered upon proof that the alien has departed the United States within the time specified.

 Revises civil penalties for failure to depart.

Prohibits: (1) an alien who was previously permitted to depart voluntarily from being granted voluntary departure;and (2) a court from reinstating, enjoining, staying, or tolling the period allowed for departure.

(Sec. 602) Revises requirements regarding reentry bars for aliens who remain in the United States after ordered removed.

 Revises the bar on admissibility for aliens removed from the United States.

 Makes an inadmissible alien ineligible for discretionary relief from removal, with a specified exception, during the time the alien remains in the United States and for a period of 10 years after the alien's departure.

(Sec. 603) Revises requirements for reinstatement of removal orders.

Declares that:

 reinstatement shall not require removal order proceedings or other proceedings before an immigration judge; no court shall have jurisdiction to review any cause or claim, arising from, or relating to, the original removal order; and this section shall take effect as if enacted on April 1, 1997, and shall apply to all orders reinstated or after that date by the Secretary (or by the Attorney General before March 1, 2003), regardless of the date of the original order. (Sec. 604) States that adjustment of status to legal permanent residency is an admission under the INA, even if the adjustment of status occurred while the alien was present in the United States.

(Sec. 605) Directs the Secretary and the Attorney General each to report to Congress on the number of inadmissible and removable aliens encountered and not processed for removal or granted immigration benefits under prosecutorial discretion.

(Sec. 606) Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting or restricting CBP efforts, on land under their respective jurisdictions located within 100 miles of an international land border, to: (1) execute search and rescue operations, and (2) prevent unlawful entries into the United States through the international land borders.

Grants CBP access to such lands to conduct: (1) road and barrier construction and maintenance, (2) vehicular patrols, (3) surveillance equipment activities, and (4) deployment of temporary tactical infrastructure.

(Sec. 607) Directs the Secretary to establish the biometric entry and exit data system required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 within two years at each U.S. port of entry.

(Sec. 608) Prohibits the Secretary from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing specified documents regarding prosecutorial discretion.

(Sec. 609) Requires the deployment of ICE mobile rapid response teams to achieve the objectives of: (1) making emergency assistance available to law enforcement officers along the Mexican border, and (2) maintain airborne patrols to provide quick deployment and emergency response services for people who live in such border areas.

(Sec. 610) Requires a GAO report to Congress on the custody deaths of detainees held by DHS.

strengthen enforcement act safe act title immigration law enforcement states sec authorizes states political subdivisions enact enforce immigration criminal penalties long exceed relevant federal criminal penalties state local law enforcement personnel investigate apprehend arrest transfer federal custody aliens immigration enforcement purposes extent federal law enforcement personnel sec directs secretary homeland_security dhs secretary provide national_crime_information_center ncic department_of_justice doj information secretary alien final order removal issued entered voluntary departure agreement overstayed authorized period stay visa revoked requires ncic enter information sec requires states access federal programs technology directed identifying inadmissible deportable aliens sec requires states political subdivisions provide dhs specified identifying information apprehended alien believed inadmissible deportable sec directs secretary grants eligible states political subdivisions procurement equipment technology facilities related investigating apprehending arresting transporting inadmissible deportable aliens authorizes appropriations sec directs secretary construct acquire additional domestic detention facilities aliens detained pending removal authorizes appropriations sec amends immigration nationality act ina illegal aliens apprehended state local authorities provide federal custody state local request state local compensation related incarceration transportation costs prompt transfer apprehended aliens state local custody federal custody directs attorney general secretary ensure alien subject removal detained adequate state local prison detention center comparable facility sec directs secretary establish immigration related training state local personnel gives funding priority existing web based immigration enforcement training systems sec provides personal liability immunity extent corresponding federal immunity state local personnel enforcing immigration laws scope duties sec directs secretary continue operate program identifies removable criminal aliens federal state correctional facilities ensures aliens released community removes united_states completion sentences extends program states authorizes limited state local detention criminal alien completion state local prison sentence transfer federal custody sec requires dhs currently merely authorized accept state local request enter immigration enforcement agreement absent compelling reason sec authorizes appropriations state criminal alien assistance program scaap transfers scaap doj dhs sec requires states localities notify federal government inadmissible removable aliens encountered law enforcement personnel comply federal law enforcement information requests dhs detainers denies specified federal law enforcement assistance state political subdivision prohibits law enforcement officers cooperating federal immigration law enforcement sec directs secretary execute lawful writs process orders issued authority united_states title national security sec revises expands certain terrorism related provisions bans respect naturalization asylum good moral character voluntary departure cancellation removal sec prohibits alien inadmissible deportable security related grounds regarded person good moral character ina applies good moral character bar regardless crime classified aggravated felony sec prohibits naturalization alien inadmissible deportable security grounds related grounds dhs court considering naturalization application proceeding determine inadmissibility deportability eligibility lawful permanent residence pending requires conditional lawful permanent resident condition removed applying naturalization sec authorizes person participates terrorist activities incitement terrorist activities violent unlawful activities aimed overthrow united_states military type training behalf terrorist organization sec authorizes use publication dhs certain legalization special agricultural worker status information purpose relating terrorism national intelligence national security sec requires security background checks investigations suspected immigration completed specified immigration related benefits granted adjudicated sec amends intelligence reform terrorism prevention act transfer responsibility securing transit passage areas ports entry united_states department_of_state dhs prohibits court ordering grant benefits person necessary checks completed title iii removal criminal aliens sec revises expands definition aggravated felony ina makes changes retroactive sec adds new grounds inadmissibility identity fraud social_security number misuse unlawful procurement citizenship naturalization specified firearm offenses conviction aggravated felony crimes domestic violence stalking child abuse makes additions retroactive adds new grounds deportability identity fraud social_security number misuse unlawful procurement citizenship naturalization makes additions retroactive sec makes inadmissible alien plans engaged espionage prohibited export unlawful activities including activities aimed violent overthrow government sec prohibits sale possession firearms alien lawfully admitted permanent residence amends federal criminal code place year statute limitations criminal violations ina passport visa fraud racketeering activity expand definition aggravated felony include penalties passport visa immigration fraud chapter title sec makes aggravated felons ineligible refugee asylee adjustment status sec makes second conviction aggravated felony ina requires detention unlawfully present alien convicted driving intoxicated regard conviction classified misdemeanor felony state law sec revises provisions detention removal aliens ordered removed begins removal period latest date removal order administratively final date alien taken dhs custody alien dhs custody date removal order administratively final alien detained confined immigration process date removal order administratively final date alien taken dhs custody alien released detention confinement extends removal detention period days alien fails refuses comply removal order fully cooperate dhs efforts establish alien identity carry removal order court board_of_immigration_appeals immigration judge orders stay removal alien subject final removal order dhs transfers custody alien federal agency state local agency court board_of_immigration_appeals orders remand immigration judge board_of_immigration_appeals case pending decision remand begins new removal period case extended removal date alien makes reasonable efforts comply removal order fully cooperate dhs efforts establish alien identity carry removal order stay removal longer effect alien returned dhs custody requires mandatory detention alien inadmissible deportable specified criminal terrorist grounds directs secretary establish detention review process cooperative aliens authorizes dhs detain indefinitely subject month review alien removal order removed alien removed reasonably foreseeable future alien removed alien refusal cooperate dhs identification removal efforts alien highly contagious disease poses public safety threat release adverse foreign policy consequences threaten national security release threaten safety community person alien convicted aggravated felonies crimes violence mental personality condition likely engage future acts violence release threaten safety community person alien convicted aggravated felonies authorizes unlimited detention certain aliens removal proceedings subjects criminal alien mandatory dhs detention release regard alien release related certain activities offenses convictions ina alien released parole supervised release probation alien arrested imprisoned offense sec authorizes secretary designate groups criminal street gangs makes alien member criminal gang inadmissible deportable requires detention found inadmissible deportable criminal street gang membership bars individuals found inadmissible deportable criminal gang membership asylum withholding removal temporary protected status amends federal criminal law respect identity theft money laundering ina sec revises prohibitions requirements alien smuggling harboring prescribes criminal penalties person facilitates encourages directs person come enter united_states cross border knowing reckless disregard fact person alien lacks lawful authority facilitates encourages directs person come enter united_states cross border place designated port entry place designated dhs knowing reckless disregard fact person alien regardless alien official permission lawful authority united_states transports moves harbors shields detection person outside united_states knowing reckless disregard fact person alien seeking enter united_states lawful authority encourages induces person reside united_states knowing reckless disregard fact person alien lacks lawful authority reside united_states transports moves person united_states knowing reckless disregard fact person alien lacks lawful authority enter united_states transportation movement alien illegal entry illegal presence united_states harbors conceals shields detection person united_states knowing reckless disregard fact person alien lacks lawful authority united_states conspires attempts commit acts provides extraterritorial federal jurisdiction offenses revises related criminal penalties subjects forfeiture real personal property commit facilitate violation section limits arrest authority section officers employees designated secretary officers responsible enforcement federal criminal laws sec subjects specified criminal penalties increases certain penalties illegal entry presence alien knowingly enters crosses border place designated port entry evades inspection immigration customs agricultural officer makes false misleading statement conceals material fact examination inspection crossing border violates conditions admission parole unlawfully present united_states revises related criminal penalties eliminates current criminal penalties marriage based immigration fraud immigration related commercial enterprise fraud sec revises criminal penalties alien criminal offender removed united_states subsequently attempts seeks enter crosses attempts cross border time found united_states sets forth limited affirmative defense violation section eliminates authorization alien charged unlawful reentry challenge validity prior removal order subject certain limitations increases penalties federal criminal code certain immigration document passport fraud activities authorizes forfeiture property connection states attempts conspires violate prohibitions shall punished manner person completes violation sec reduces period alien seek judicial review expedited removal order based criminal security grounds subjects expedited removal procedures individual inadmissible criminal offense individual admitted paroled credible fear persecution eligible relief removal sec expands grounds inadmissibility deportability include violation federal requirements sex offender registration sec prohibits citizens lawful permanent residents convicted certain sex offenses sponsoring alien admission secretary determines person poses risk alien sec authorizes attorney general consider evidence alien conviction record determine conviction based conduct constituting crime moral turpitude domestic violence offense alien deportable sec subjects inadmissible aliens fail obey removal orders criminal penalties apply deportable aliens fail obey removal orders sec states conviction issued shall grounds deportability reason conviction title visa security sec states visas held alien void alien overstayed stay sec revises visa information sharing requirements authorizes department_of_state share visa records case case basis foreign government purpose determining eligibility visa admission immigration benefits national interest sec prohibits waiver visa interview alien secretary state consultation secretary determines person concern class aliens security threats visa category create high risk degradation visa program integrity sec directs secretary state issue guidance consular officers implementing authority deny visa applications interview alien determined ineligible visa based review application report congress quarterly number denial visa applications review sec states secretary shall certain exceptions exclusive authority issue regulations establish policy administer immigration nationality laws relating consular functions connection visa issuance denial refuse revoke visa alien class aliens security interests prohibits judicial review secretary decision refuse revoke visa sec authorizes consular surcharge addition immigrant visa fees fund visa security program provides expedited clearance placement dhs personnel overseas embassies consular posts sec requires person coming study college university language training program united_states nonimmigrant student visa attend institution accredited accrediting agency recognized secretary education requires academic institutions exempts seminaries religious institutions similarly accredited visa purposes institution required accredited accrediting agency recognized secretary education able provide accreditation authorizes secretary waive accreditation requirement established college university language training program compliance visa provisions good faith candidate accreditation year makes temporary exception sec authorizes secretary reasonable suspicion owner designated school official approved institution higher education educational institution designated exchange visitor program committed student exchange visitor program sevp fraud suspend certification prior notification suspend official school student exchange visitor information system sevis access disqualifies permanently owner school official convicted sevp related fraud filing future petitions having ownership interest management role educational institution enrolls nonimmigrant alien students nonimmigrant alien vocational students sec prohibits individual serving designated school official granted access sevis individual national lawful permanent resident alien recent year period undergone specified background check completed sevp sevis training course authorizes secretary collect fee security check sec authorizes school officials nominate designated school officials addition principal designated school official necessary adequate recommendations enrolled students maintain nonimmigrant status sec requires sevp participating institution exchange visitor program sponsor report dhs students exchange visitors nonimmigrant status sec makes flight schools certified federal_aviation_administration ineligible access sevis makes temporary exception sec requires accrediting agency association notify secretary educational institution denied accreditation accreditation suspended withdrawn terminated secretary immediately terminate sevis access directs secretary submit congress risk assessment strategy identify investigate action schools school officials committing facilitating student visa fraud plan implementation fraud misuse recommendations government_accountability_office gao sec directs secretary complete deployment phases 2nd generation student exchange visitor information system sevis title aid officers sec authorizes dhs immigration enforcement agents deportation officers successfully completed basic immigration law enforcement training arrests offenses united_states certain felonies bringing transporting harboring certain aliens execute warrants arrest administrative immigration violations carry firearms sec authorizes secretary hire additional detention enforcement officers sec directs secretary ensure ice immigration enforcement agents deportation officers issued body armor weapons sec establishes sec establishes pilot program ice offices process electronically serve charging documents process place detainers field directs secretary increase number ice deportation officers support staff prosecutors title miscellaneous enforcement provisions sec revises voluntary departure requirements makes aliens violate certain security related grounds ineligible granting voluntary departure lieu removal removes condition deportable grounds order ineligible voluntary departure reduces departure period case voluntary departure granted completion removal proceedings authorizes secretary require alien permitted depart voluntarily conclusion removal proceedings post voluntary departure bond surrendered proof alien departed united_states time specified revises civil penalties failure depart prohibits alien previously permitted depart voluntarily granted voluntary court reinstating staying tolling period allowed departure sec revises requirements reentry bars aliens remain united_states ordered removed revises bar admissibility aliens removed united_states makes inadmissible alien ineligible discretionary relief removal specified exception time alien remains united_states period years alien departure sec revises requirements reinstatement removal orders declares reinstatement shall require removal order proceedings proceedings immigration judge court shall jurisdiction review cause claim arising relating original removal order section shall effect enacted april shall apply orders reinstated date secretary attorney general march regardless date original order sec states adjustment status legal permanent residency admission ina adjustment status occurred alien present united_states sec directs secretary attorney general report congress number inadmissible removable aliens encountered processed removal granted immigration benefits prosecutorial discretion sec prohibits secretary interior secretary agriculture prohibiting restricting cbp efforts land respective jurisdictions located miles international land border execute search rescue operations prevent unlawful entries united_states international land borders access lands conduct road barrier construction maintenance vehicular patrols surveillance equipment activities deployment temporary tactical infrastructure sec directs secretary establish biometric entry exit data system required intelligence_reform_and_terrorism_prevention_act years port entry sec prohibits secretary finalizing implementing administering enforcing specified documents prosecutorial discretion sec requires deployment ice mobile rapid response teams achieve objectives making emergency assistance available law enforcement officers mexican border maintain airborne patrols provide quick deployment emergency response services people live border areas sec requires gao report congress custody deaths detainees held dhs


Summary: Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from requiring a payor of interest to file an information return on interest that is not effectively connected with a trade or business within the United States and that is paid to a nonresident alien on a deposit maintained at an office within the United States.

prohibits secretary treasury requiring payor interest file information return interest effectively connected trade business united_states paid nonresident alien deposit maintained office united_states


Summary:
Encourage New Legalized Immigrants to Start Training Act or the ENLIST Act - Authorizes the enlistment in the armed forces of aliens unlawfully present in the United States on December 31, 2011, who: (1) have been continuously present in the United States since such date; (2) were younger than 15 years of age when they initially entered the United States; and (3) are otherwise eligible for original enlistment in a regular component of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust the status of an alien enlisted under such authority to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act applicable to aliens who entered the United States prior to January 1, 1972.

Rescinds such lawful permanent resident status if the alien is separated from the armed forces under other than honorable conditions before serving the term of enlistment.

encourage new immigrants enlist act authorizes enlistment armed forces aliens unlawfully present united_states december continuously present united_states date younger years age initially entered united_states eligible original enlistment regular component army navy air_force marine_corps coast_guard requires secretary homeland_security dhs adjust status alien enlisted authority status alien lawfully admitted permanent residence provisions immigration_and_nationality_act applicable aliens entered united_states prior january rescinds lawful permanent resident status alien separated armed forces honorable conditions serving term enlistment


Summary:
Child Trafficking Victims Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) require the appropriate training of all personnel who come into contact with unaccompanied alien children, and (2) hire child welfare professionals.

Sets forth related protections for such children regarding: (1) prompt placement with the Office of Refugee Resettlement, (2) qualified resources and child welfare professionals at appropriate ports of entry and stations, (3) confidentiality, (4) notice of rights and access to counsel, and (5) the presence of female officers during the transfer and transport of female detainees.

Directs the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement a best practices program in the United States and within the country of return to ensure the safe and sustainable repatriation and reintegration of unaccompanied alien children into their country of nationality or of last habitual residence.

child trafficking victims protection act directs secretary homeland_security dhs require appropriate training personnel come contact unaccompanied alien children hire child welfare professionals sets forth related protections children prompt placement office_of_refugee_resettlement qualified resources child welfare professionals appropriate ports entry stations confidentiality notice rights access counsel presence female officers transfer transport female detainees directs international_development usaid implement best practices program united_states country return ensure safe sustainable repatriation reintegration unaccompanied alien children country nationality habitual residence


Summary: 1986 Amnesty Transparency Act - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to submit a report to Congress on the implementation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 that includes information regarding: (1) implemented employer requirements; (2) federal enforcement of laws prohibiting hiring unlawful or unauthorized aliens; (3) the number of individuals denied employment; (4) sanctioned employers; (5) border enforcement mechanisms that were enhanced to prevent illegal immigration; (6) visa overstays; (7) added costs through social benefits provided to unlawfully present aliens; (8) the Act's impact on U.S. workers, including wages and unemployment; (9) the Act's implementation costs; and (10) fraud rates, including fraudulent amnesty claims.

amnesty transparency act directs comptroller general gao submit report congress implementation immigration reform control act includes information implemented employer requirements federal enforcement laws prohibiting hiring unlawful unauthorized aliens number individuals denied employment sanctioned employers border enforcement mechanisms enhanced prevent illegal immigration visa overstays added costs social benefits provided unlawfully present aliens act impact workers including wages unemployment act implementation costs fraud rates including fraudulent amnesty claims


Summary:
Visa Overstay Enforcement Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it a felony for any alien to be unlawfully present in the United States for a period of 30 consecutive days, except because of illness or any other extenuating circumstance. Requires such an alien to be punished: (1) in the case of a first offense, with a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both; and (2) in the case of a subsequent offense, with a fine of not more than $15,000 or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.

Declares that an alien convicted: (1) of a first offense may not be admitted to the United States for 5 years, and may not be granted a visa for 10 years; and (2) of a subsequent offense may not be admitted to the United States, and may not be granted a visa.

Directs the the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) submit to Congress within 90 days a plan to implement a biometric exit capability using a person's fingerprints at all land, sea, and air ports of entry under the US-VISIT program; and (2) establish the biometric entry and exit data system required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 within one year at each airport that is a U.S. port of entry, and within two years at all U.S. ports of entry.

amends immigration nationality act felony alien unlawfully present united_states period consecutive days illness extenuating circumstance requires alien punished case offense fine imprisonment year case subsequent offense fine imprisonment years declares alien convicted offense admitted united_states years granted visa years subsequent offense admitted united_states granted visa directs secretary homeland_security dhs submit congress days plan implement biometric exit capability person fingerprints land sea air ports entry visit program establish biometric entry exit data system required intelligence_reform_and_terrorism_prevention_act year airport port entry years ports entry


Summary: No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to exclude from creditable wages and self-employment income any wages earned for services by aliens performed in the United States, and self-employment income derived from a trade or business conducted in the United States, while the alien was not authorized to be so employed or to perform a function or service in such a trade or business.

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Summary: Save Our Seasons Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that wages paid to H-2B visa temporary nonagricultural workers shall be the greater of: (1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other employees with similar experience and qualifications for such position, or (2) the prevailing wage level for the occupational classification of the position in the geographic area of the employment.

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Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to subject a person to fine, imprisonment, or both, who: (1) knowingly or recklessly executes a scheme in connection with any federal immigration law-related matter to defraud a person, or to obtain money or anything else of value from a person by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises; or (2) knowingly and falsely represents that such person is an attorney or an accredited representative in any federal immigration law-related matter.

Directs the Attorney General (DOJ) and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), to promulgate regulations, forms, and procedures defining the circumstances in which: (1) persons submitting immigration-related applications, petitions, motions, or other written materials must identify who (other than immediate family members) assisted them in preparing or translating such submissions; and (2) any person who received compensation (other than a normal fee for copying, mailing, or similar services) in connection with the preparation or submission of such materials must sign the form as a preparer and provide identifying information.

Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil injunction against an immigration service provider engaging in fraudulent conduct that substantially interferes with the administration of the immigration laws or who willfully misrepresents such provider's legal authority to provide representation before DOJ or DHS.

Authorizes an alien to withdraw an immigration-related application or other submission if the alien: (1) submits information indicating that the application or submission was prepared or submitted by an individual engaged in the unauthorized practice of law or immigration practitioner fraud, and (2) attests that he or she had no prior knowledge that the application or submission was prepared or submitted by such an individual.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive the bar on reentry for an alien who left the United States based on the erroneous advice of an individual engaged in the unauthorized practice of law or immigration practitioner fraud.

Directs the Secretary and the Attorney General, through the Director of the Office for Immigration Review, to carry out an outreach program to educate aliens regarding who may provide legal services and representation in immigration proceedings.

Directs the Secretary and the Attorney General to establish, within the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Office for Immigration Review, programs to award grants to eligible nonprofit organizations for direct legal services to aliens.

amends federal criminal code subject person fine imprisonment knowingly recklessly scheme connection federal immigration law related matter defraud person obtain money value person means false fraudulent pretenses representations promises knowingly falsely represents person attorney accredited representative federal immigration law related matter directs attorney general doj secretary homeland_security dhs promulgate regulations forms procedures defining circumstances persons submitting immigration related applications petitions motions written materials identify immediate family members assisted preparing translating submissions person received compensation normal fee copying mailing similar services connection preparation submission materials sign form preparer provide identifying information authorizes attorney general bring civil injunction immigration service provider engaging fraudulent conduct substantially interferes administration immigration laws willfully misrepresents provider legal authority provide representation doj dhs authorizes alien withdraw immigration related application submission alien submits information indicating application submission prepared submitted individual engaged unauthorized practice law immigration practitioner fraud attests prior knowledge application submission prepared submitted individual amends immigration nationality act waive bar reentry alien left united_states based erroneous advice individual engaged unauthorized practice law immigration practitioner fraud directs secretary attorney general director carry outreach program educate aliens provide legal services representation immigration proceedings directs secretary attorney general establish executive_office_for_immigration_review programs award grants eligible nonprofit organizations direct legal services aliens


Summary: Rural Economy Vital Investment Visa Encouragement Act of 2013 or REVIVE Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to obligate at least 3,000 employment creation immigrant visas each fiscal year for qualified immigrants who: (1) have treaty investor nonimmigrant status and have been present in the United States for two years continuously, and (2) invest in a commercial enterprise which will create full time rural employment for at least five U.S. citizens or lawful permanent resident aliens or other immigrants lawfully authorized to be employed in the United States.

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Protect Family Values at the Border Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) consider safety and family concerns in any action related to the repatriation or prosecution of individuals apprehended for immigration violations, and (2) provide related training for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and cooperating entity personnel.

Directs the Secretary, with certain exceptions, to submit to Congress every 180 days written certification that DHS has deported or otherwise removed an apprehended individual from the United States through an entry or exit point on the southern border only during daylight hours.

Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations establishing short-term custody standards providing for basic minimums of care at all CBP facilities holding individuals in CBP custody.

protect family values border act directs secretary homeland_security dhs consider safety family concerns action related repatriation prosecution individuals apprehended immigration violations provide related training cbp cooperating entity personnel directs secretary certain exceptions submit congress days written certification dhs deported removed apprehended individual united_states entry exit point southern border daylight hours directs secretary promulgate regulations establishing short term custody standards providing basic minimums care cbp facilities holding individuals cbp custody