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<strong>Section</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>Section</strong> <strong>Summary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Border</strong> <strong>Security</strong>, Economic Opportunity and ImmigrationModernization Act (including Judiciary Committee Amendments)Preliminary <strong>Section</strong>s<strong>Section</strong> 1. Short Title; Table <strong>of</strong> Contents.The bill is called <strong>Border</strong> <strong>Security</strong>, Economic Opportunity and ImmigrationModernization Act.*****<strong>Section</strong> 2. Statement <strong>of</strong> Congressional Findings.States that Congress recognizes that <strong>the</strong> bill is intended to protect American sovereigntyand establish a coherent and just system for integrating those who seek to join Americansociety.*****<strong>Section</strong> 3. Effectiveness Date Triggers.Defines terms including- Commission – <strong>the</strong> Sou<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>Border</strong> <strong>Security</strong> Commission- Comprehensive Sou<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>Border</strong> <strong>Security</strong> Strategy – <strong>the</strong> strategy set <strong>by</strong> DHS toachieve and maintain effectiveness rate <strong>of</strong> 90% or higher in all high risk bordersectors.- Effective control – persistent surveillance and an effectiveness rate <strong>of</strong> 90%+- Effectiveness Rate – for a border sector, <strong>the</strong> percentage calculated <strong>by</strong> dividing <strong>the</strong>number <strong>of</strong> apprehensions and turn backs <strong>by</strong> <strong>the</strong> total number <strong>of</strong> illegal entries in afiscal year.- High Risk <strong>Border</strong> Sector – a border sector in which more than 30,000 people wereapprehended in <strong>the</strong> most recent fiscal year.- Sou<strong>the</strong>rn border – <strong>the</strong> US-Mexico border- Sou<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>Border</strong> Finance Strategy – strategy set <strong>by</strong> DHS to identify wherefencing should be deployed.Triggers1. No processing <strong>of</strong> RPI applications until DHS has submitted to Congress <strong>the</strong> Notice<strong>of</strong> Commencement <strong>of</strong> implementation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Comprehensive Sou<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>Border</strong><strong>Security</strong> Strategy and <strong>the</strong> Sou<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>Border</strong> Fencing Strategy under <strong>Section</strong> 5 <strong>of</strong>this bill.2. No adjustment <strong>of</strong> status <strong>of</strong> RPI immigrants may commence (except AgJobs andDREAM Act beneficiaries) until DHS, after consulting with <strong>the</strong> Comptroller General <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> United States, submits to <strong>the</strong> President and Congress a written certification thata. The Comprehensive Sou<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>Security</strong> Strategy has been submitted toCongress and is substantially deployed and substantially operational;b. The Sou<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>Border</strong> Fencing Strategy has been submitted to Congress,

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