http://www.usimmigrationsupport.org/cubanimmigration.html)
and congressional sources.
House Bill 4437
This bill was sponsored by Representative F. James
Sensenbrenner Jr., a Republican from Wisconsin. He is the chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee. The bill had 35 co-sponsors and passed the House by a 239
to 182 vote. Two-hundred three Republicans favored the bill, and 164 Democrats
voted against it.
The stated purpose of the House bill is to prevent terrorism: "The failure to
control and to prevent illegal immigration into the United States increases the
likelihood that terrorists will succeed in launching catastrophic or harmful
attacks on United States soil."
The major provisions of this bill include:
and congressional sources.
House Bill 4437
This bill was sponsored by Representative F. James
Sensenbrenner Jr., a Republican from Wisconsin. He is the chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee. The bill had 35 co-sponsors and passed the House by a 239
to 182 vote. Two-hundred three Republicans favored the bill, and 164 Democrats
voted against it.
The stated purpose of the House bill is to prevent terrorism: "The failure to
control and to prevent illegal immigration into the United States increases the
likelihood that terrorists will succeed in launching catastrophic or harmful
attacks on United States soil."
The major provisions of this bill include:
- Criminal penalties. It provides for criminal penalties on
undocumented workers and those who help them. It makes "unlawful presence" in
the United States a felony. It enhances penalties for smuggling people into the
United States. It also includes penalties for anyone who "harbors, conceals, or
shields from detection a person in the United States knowing . . . that such
person is an alien who lacks authority to be in the United States."
- Employer sanctions. It creates a pilot system that employers must use
to verify that employees have proper documents. All employers must join the
system within two years. Penalties for hiring undocumented workers are
increased.
- Increased security. It requires the building of two "layers of
reinforced fencing, the installation of additional physical barriers, roads,
lighting, cameras, and sensors" along much of the U.S.-Mexico border. It also
funds thousands of new border patrol officers.
- Guest workers. It does not set up a guest-worker program.