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H.R. 5267

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To improve the security clearance process and increase the number of detention beds along the United States-Mexico border.
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Committee
Latest Action · November 5, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Congress
108th (2003–2005)
Introduced
October 7, 2004
Cosponsors (0)
None
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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.

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