Immigration Control
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What do other countries do?
Congressman Jim SensenbrennerReprinted from NewsMax.com
Friday, May 5, 2006 12:22 a.m. EDT
Sensenbrenner: Illegal Entry Is 'Criminal'
Defending his House-passed immigration bill that sparked street protest by millions of immigrants, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee issued a report Friday showing that several countries are harsher than the United State in their treatment of illegal immigrants and their employers.
The Law Library of Congress study of immigration laws in six countries found that all but Brazil have criminal penalties for illegal entry and presence within their borders.
In four of the countries - Japan, Switzerland, Sweden and Egypt - employers can be jailed from up to three months to three years for hiring illegal immigrants.
"With all the blustery rhetoric coming from opponents about a 'harsh' and 'draconian' House bill ..., I note that five out of the six countries studied - including Mexico - make illegal entry and unlawful presence a criminal offense," said Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis.
The House bill written largely by Sensenbrenner would make being in the country illegally a felony. It is already a misdemeanor to enter the country illegally, and re-entering the country after being deported also is a crime.
After street protests and demonstrations last month, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., pledged that illegal immigrants would not be prosecuted as felons in a final House-Senate verions of the bill if it gets that far.
Illegal presence in the U.S. is now a civil offense.
Sensenbrenner said the six countries studied were chosen to provide racial and geographic diversity.
© 2006 Associated Press.
~~~ Moe
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