H.R. 5267 · 108th Congress
To improve the security clearance process and increase the number of detention beds along the United States-Mexico border.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Solomon Ortiz
- Introduced
- 2004-10-07
- Latest action
- 2004-11-05 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Summary
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) ensure that Department of Homeland Security personnel along the United States-Mexico border have the security clearances required to access information to adequately screen entering immigrants, including IDENT and IAFIS databases and databases used by the Department's inspectors in secondary inspections; (2) develop the interagency agreements and information technology infrastructure necessary for such screening; and (3) increase by 2,000 the number of detention beds in the Port Isabel Service Processing Center at Los Fresnos, Texas.