S.744 Immigration bill - Sec. 1104: ENHANCEMENT OF EXISTING BORDER SECURITY OPERATIONS
Posted Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:55 pm
- (a) Border Crossing Prosecutions-
- (1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall--
- (A) increase the number of border crossing
prosecutions in the Tucson Sector of the Southwest Border region to up
to 210 prosecutions per day by increasing the funding available for--
- (i) attorneys and administrative support staff in the Tucson United States Attorney Office;
- (ii) support staff and interpreters in the Tucson Court Clerks Office;
- (iii) pre-trial services;
- (iv) activities of the Tucson Federal Public Defenders Office; and
- (v) additional marshals in the Tucson United
States Marshals Office to perform intake, coordination, transportation,
and court security; and
- (B) reimburse State, local, and tribal law
enforcement agencies for any detention costs related to the border
crossing prosecutions carried out pursuant to subparagraph (A).
- (2) ADDITIONAL MAGISTRATE JUDGES TO ASSIST WITH
INCREASED CASELOAD- The chief judge of the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona is authorized to appoint additional
full-time magistrate judges, who, consistent with the Constitution and
laws of the United States, shall have the authority to hear cases and
controversies in the judicial district in which the respective judges
are appointed.
- (3) FUNDING- There are authorized to be appropriated,
from the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Trust Fund established under
section 6(a)(1), such sums as may be necessary to carry out this
subsection.
- (b) Operation Stonegarden-
- (1) IN GENERAL- The Federal Emergency Management Agency
shall enhance law enforcement preparedness and operational readiness
along the borders of the United States through Operation Stonegarden.
The amounts available under this paragraph are in addition to any other
amounts otherwise made available for Operation Stonegarden. Not less
than 90 percent of the amounts made available under section
5(a)(3)(B)(ii) shall be allocated for grants and reimbursements to law
enforcement agencies in the States in the Southwest Border region for
personnel, overtime, travel, and other costs related to illegal
immigration and drug smuggling in the Southwest Border region.
- (2) FUNDING- There are authorized to be appropriated,
from the amounts made available under section 6(a)(3)(A)(i), such sums
as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.
- (c) Infrastructure Improvements-
- (1) BORDER PATROL STATIONS- The Secretary shall--
- (A) construct additional Border Patrol stations in
the Southwest Border region that U.S. Border Patrol determines are
needed to provide full operational support in rural, high-trafficked
areas; and
- (B) analyze the feasibility of creating additional
Border Patrol sectors along the Southern border to interrupt drug
trafficking operations.
- (2) FORWARD OPERATING BASES- The Secretary shall enhance the security of the Southwest Border region by--
- (A) establishing additional permanent forward operating bases for the Border Patrol, as needed;
- (B) upgrading the existing forward operating bases to include modular buildings, electricity, and potable water; and
- (C) ensuring that forward operating bases surveil
and interdict individuals entering the United States unlawfully
immediately after such individuals cross the Southern border.
- (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS- There is
authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.
1104
ENHANCEMENT OF EXISTING BORDER SECURITY OPERATIONS