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Illegal Alien Prisoner Transfer and Border Enforcement Act of 1994
H. R. 4765 To provide for the negotiation of bilateral prisoner transfer treaties with foreign countries and to provide for the training in the United States of border management personnel from foreign countries.
Summary
This bill directs the President to negotiate bilateral prisoner transfer treaties with foreign countries to enable the transfer of foreign nationals convicted of crimes in the United States to their home countries to serve the remainder of their sentences. The bill cites findings that approximately 58,000 aliens convicted of crimes are incarcerated in United States prisons at a combined cost of about $1.2 billion annually to Federal and State governments. The bill requires treaty negotiations to expedite prisoner transfers and eliminate requirements for prisoner consent, and mandates that the President certify whether treaties are effective in returning illegal aliens to their countries of citizenship. The bill also authorizes the President to enroll foreign border management personnel in United States Federal and State border management training programs to enhance cooperation on drug interdiction and preventing illegal transit of people and goods.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Horn, Stephen [R-CA-38] (R-CA)
11 cosponsors
- Rep. Beilenson, Anthony C. [D-CA-24] (D-CA)
- Rep. Canady, Charles T. [R-FL-12] (R-FL)
- Rep. Condit, Gary A. [D-CA-18] (D-CA)
- Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-23] (R-CA)
- Rep. Geren, Pete [D-TX-12] (D-TX)
- Rep. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ-4] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-45] (R-CA)
- Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] (R-CT)
- Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] (R-CA)
- Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5] (D-FL)
- Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] (D-CA)
Actions (6)
- Sep 7, 1994 Referred to the Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees. · house
- Jul 26, 1994 Referred to the Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations and Human Rights. · house
- Jul 19, 1994 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5851)
- Jul 14, 1994 Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary. · house
- Jul 14, 1994 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
- Jul 14, 1994 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 14, 1994
Mr. Horn (for himself, Mr. Beilenson, Mr. Canady, Mr. Condit, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Pete Geren of Texas, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Thomas of California, Mrs. Thurman, and Ms. Woolsey) introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide for the negotiation of bilateral prisoner transfer treaties with foreign countries and to provide for the training in the United States of border management personnel from foreign countries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Illegal Alien Prisoner Transfer and Border Enforcement Act of 1994”.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to relieve overcrowding in Federal and State prisons and costs borne by American taxpayers by providing for the transfer of aliens unlawfully in the United States who have been convicted of committing crimes in the United States to their native countries to be incarcerated for the duration of their sentences.
SEC. 3. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The cost of incarcerating an alien unlawfully in the United States in a Federal or State prison averages $20,803 per year.
(2) There are approximately 58,000 aliens convicted of crimes incarcerated in United States prisons, including 41,000 aliens in State prisons and 17,000 aliens in Federal prisons.
(3) Many of these aliens convicted of crimes are also unlawfully in the United States, but the Immigration and Naturalization Service does not have exact data on how many.
(4) The combined cost to Federal and State governments for the incarceration of such criminal aliens is approximately $1,200,000,000, including—
(A) for State governments, $760,000,000; and
(B) for the Federal Government, $440,000,000.
SEC. 4. PRISONER TRANSFER TREATIES.
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President should begin to negotiate and renegotiate bilateral prisoner transfer treaties. The focus of such negotiations shall be to expedite the transfer of aliens unlawfully in the United States who are incarcerated in United States prisons, to ensure that a tranferred prisoner serves the balance of the sentence imposed by the United States courts, and to eliminate any requirement of prisoner consent to such a transfer.
SEC. 5. CERTIFICATION.
The President shall certify whether each prisoner transfer treaty is effective in returning aliens unlawfully in the United States who are incarcerated in the United States to their country of citizenship.
SEC. 6. TRAINING OF PERSONNEL FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
Subject to a certification under section 5, the President shall direct the appropriate Federal programs providing training and education in border management to enroll for training certain foreign border management personnel. The President shall authorize the enrollment of foreign border management personnel to such Federal programs and cooperative State programs as will enhance the following United States law enforcement goals:
(1) Drug interdiction and other cross-border criminal activity.
(2) Preventing illegal transit of people and goods. <all>
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