SB52

SB52 Bill Sponsors: Josh Roselli, UT, Brian McNamara, NV, Nick Ely, ARK.

Issue Category: Immigration/Border Patrol

Bill Title: STOP-America's Fight to Preserve the Border

Purpose: The purpose of our bill is to decrease illegal immigration at the Southern border. Our bill will help decrease the rate of terrorists and weapons that illegally enter into our country. Over the past few years our nation has been harmed by illegal immigrants both criminally and economically. Illegal immigrants have been taking jobs that our workers need because they will work longer hours for less as long as they are not reported. Criminally, the illegal immigrants bring unknown and possible terrorists into our country, giving those immigrants the chance to damage our nation's welfare. Our bill will help stop this economic problem. Another problem that our bill would solve is to stop the smuggling of dogs, humans, and illegal drugs. Drug cartels are increasing the rate of drug addiction in our country, a problem that needs to be stopped.

Eligibility: Our bill applies to all American citizens currently residing on the Mexican-American Border. It also applies to all Americans currently in the work force.

Terms:

For our bill to be passed we will need to set many terms in place, but with the terms comes great benefits. First, we will need to increase state troopers along the Mexican border. By doing this, we can stop the rapid flow of illegal immigrants that come into our country by gaps in the troopers. By increasing the amount of state troopers we will eliminate these gaps, therefore stopping the rapid increase of immigrants. We will be able to also increase our economy by stopping these illegal workers for entering our country. We will increase the amount of state troopers by 5 people per square mile, and by doing so again, decreasing amount of gaps in our Border Patrol.

Another term that we will need to set is to increase the amount of weaponry that is supplied to state troopers. Troopers that are not supplied with strong enough weaponry are easy prey for illegal immigrants that can be sometimes armed with massive amounts of smuggled weapons. Imagine if a trooper had the proper weapons, there would not be an empty seat at the dinner table. Our bill proposes to increase the amount of high-tech weaponry such as tasers and guns. We also propose to increase the amount of aerial support on the border to give us a better range of visibility of the border.

Another thing our bill proposes is to increase the amount of border checkpoints that run along the border. Many immigrants are hidden at one border point and then they are home free. If we increase the amount of checkpoints, it decreases the percentage of immigrants entering. We will also increase the amount of workers at the checkpoints to get better and broader searches of cars and vehicles.

And finally, our final term for our bill is to get better background checks on workers by their employers. Many employers look the other way when an illegal gives them there "paperwork" showing proof of residency and a U.S citizen. They hire these illegal to work for longer hours for less money, and by doing so firing true U.S workers who deserve the money. These "lay-offs" are decreasing the nation's economy and sending more people to the streets. Our bill asks for employers to set deeper background checks, which includes recent jobs and employer recommendation. We also propose to add one government official per high-industry Company. These officials will make more jobs and also help keep them for U.S citizens.

Benefits: The benefits of our bill being passed will help increase the U.S economy, prevent the entrance of criminals or terrorist, and reduce the illegal drug rate. Our bill will help increase the U.S economy because the amounts of illegal immigrants that work illegally are decreasing the amount of legal workers. A lot of jobs are being given away to illegal immigrants, so by stopping the flow our economy will rise. Another benefit is to prevent the entrance of criminals and terrorists. Hundreds of illegal immigrants enter our country per year, and some of them could possibly be criminals, smugglers, or religious terrorists. Our bill will decrease the rate of criminals and also protect our nation's security.

Fiscal Impact: For our bill to be in effect we will need large amounts of funding to safely protect the border and the men and women who guard it. Our bill proposes to increase a small amount in taxpayers’ dollars in order to fund our bill. The funding will increase the U.S economy, protect the welfare, decrease illegal drug rate, and prevent the entrance of terrorists. Our bill requires....


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">$325 million dollars to fund the increase in state troopers per mile
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">$5 million dollars to fund guns per trooper (protection)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">$740 thousand dollars in handcuffs (protection)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">$4,010,000 in tasers (protection)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">$2 million for funding of helicopters (aerial support)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">And $200,000 in funding of checkpoints.