Section 113 would report to Congress on the progress being made in the development of a common security perimeter around Canada, the United States, and Mexico. It seeks to waive visa requirements for cross-border travel, and seeks the "common enrollment," through biometric identification documents, of ALL who work and travel within this geographic region. But rest assured - Section 301 contains the following clarification:
"(6) NO AUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS- Nothing in this title may be construed to authorize, directly or indirectly, the issuance, use, or establishment of a national identification card or a national identification system."
Section 121 instructs the Secretary of Homeland Security to "cooperate with…Canada and…Mexico…to determine the financial and technical support needed by the countries of Central America from Canada, Mexico, and the United States to meet (their security) needs…and establish a program to provide needed equipment, technical assistance, and vehicles to manage, regulate, and patrol such (Central American) international borders (and) to establish a program and database to track individuals involved in Central American gang activities."
Section 124 requires any "Governor of a State (first obtain) approval of the Secretary of Defense (before ordering) any units or personnel of the National Guard of such State...(to) the southern land border of the United States…for the (temporary) purpose of securing such border. Such duty shall not exceed 21 days in any year." Such deployment of National Guard troops is the only authorization that "may" be given for construction of actual, physical fencing in the STRIVE Act.
Section 134 requires all "travel and entry…and evidence of status (in fact)"every document…issued by (DHS) which may be used as evidence of an alien's authorization to travel shall be machine-readable." Whether an alien successfully steals an American’s identity papers as they now do, or DHS succeeds in forcing every American who travels outside the United States to accept biometric identification papers, this section applies to American citizens.
Section 135 requires immigration officers "collect biometric data from…any lawful permanent resident (of the United States) who is entering the United States."
Section 202 allows interdicted aliens to "voluntarily depart the United States." While this sounds reasonable, in practice, it permits apprehended criminals to go no further into Mexico or Canada than the international border, positioning them well for immediate illegal re-entry.
Section 218 denies United States Attorneys any "basis for admitting evidence to a jury or releasing information to the public regarding an alien's immigration status."
Section 301, ‘Section 274A (~ 29 pages long!) requires "an employer hiring an individual for employment in the United States shall verify that the individual is eligible for such employment" via search of a national workforce management database. This means anyone seeking work, citizen or alien. This "Electronic Employment Verification System" can only be accessed with the employee’s new, biometric Social Security card. But do not worry; just like your existing Social Security card, "This card shall not be used for the purpose of identification."
"The Secretary, in cooperation with the Commissioner of Social Security, shall implement an Electronic Employment Verification System… not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the STRIVE Act of 2007.
The …standard developed shall be…a cross-agency, cross-platform electronic system that (will) share immigration and Social Security information necessary to confirm the employment eligibility of all individuals seeking employment."
Section 301 further states, "No officer or employee of any agency or department of the United States, other than such an officer or employee who is responsible for the verification of employment eligibility or for the evaluation of an employment eligibility verification program at the Social Security Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Labor, may have access to any information, database, or other records utilized by the System." So law enforcement officers, whether in your county or state, or in a federal agency, such as ICE and the Border Patrol, may not access this federal database to verify a person’s citizenship.
This section further deems "It is an unfair immigration-related employment practice for a person or other entity, in the course of the Electronic Employment Verification System…to use the System for screening of an applicant for employment prior to making the individual an offer of employment." So, employers cannot use this huge database to ensure they do not hire illegals.
Section 306 directs the Commissioner of Social Security to assign "social security account numbers to aliens…authorized to work in the United States."
Section 401 establishes a New Worker program for nonimmigrant aliens who will keep their homes in other nations but come to the United States temporarily to "initially" perform services in a specialty occupation, such as registered nurses or fashion models, or agricultural labor, or as a "trainee in a training program that is not designed primarily to provide productive employment."
Section 402 grants H-2C visas to any nonimmigrant alien who "is capable of performing the labor or services required for an occupation (and who) provide(s) information concerning (their) physical and mental health, criminal history and gang membership, immigration history and involvement with groups or individuals that have engaged in terrorism, genocide, persecution, or who seek the overthrow of the United States Government" and who signs a statement swearing the provided information is true.
Section 407 grants "employment-based immigration visas…to (an) alien having nonimmigrant status…upon the filing of a petition for such visa…by the alien’s employer; or by the alien, if the alien has been employed as an H-2C nonimmigrant in the United States for a cumulative total of 5 years."
Sections 501-524 deal with different visas and work programs for foreign nationals. Don’t miss reading Section 505, which expedites "employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability," and Section 522, which establishes a "new fashion model nonimmigrant classification."
Section 641 (the AgJOBS Act of 2007) prohibits employers from firing "blue card" aliens "except for just cause."
Section 646 directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to "establish special procedures to properly credit work (with the Commissioner of Social Security) in cases in which an alien was employed under an assumed name."
Section 651 "amends" the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 408(e)(1)) to waive prosecution for Social Security fraud. You’ll have to carefully compare the bill language against the Social Security Act by visiting the following web address. (http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode42/usc_sec
_42_00000408----000-.html)
Section 652 "amends" Title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.) to provide employment security preference to union labor, and to "protect" U.S. workers by demanding they receive no less pay, etc., than visa workers. Remember, once the U.S. job market is saturated by the flood of "authorized aliens," wages will drop like a rock.
Section 653 establishes a "schedule of fees for the employment of aliens." So your Uncle Sam will get paid for alien employment.
Section 664 authorizes grants to "establish a national program for a broad, university-based, Mexican rural poverty mitigation program." After all, the U.S. War on Poverty has been such a roaring success!
Section 712 "amends" Section 329 of 8 U.S.C. 1440 to add "an individual who is not a citizen of the United States shall not be denied the opportunity to apply for membership in the United States Armed Forces." If any alien serves at least two years (and learns the language and history of, and takes the oath to, the United States) they may become a citizen. Shouldn’t they prove language proficiency and swear their oath of allegiance before they serve in the U.S. military?
