Rogers / 4 Senator Ortiz

S. B._____

A BILL
To allow undocumented immigrants a simpler path to citizenship.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE
This act may be cited as the Si Se Puede (Yes We Can) Act of 2017.
SECTION 2. FINDINGS
Congress hereby finds and declares that,
1) More than 32,000 families are caught crossing the border.
2) In 2014, 1.3 million immigrants migrated to the United States illegally through US borders.
3) In April alone, authorities apprehended a total number of 38,135 illegal immigrants attempting to cross
the US border.
4) $1.2 million worth of drugs were seized along the southern border.
5) Two men were caught on video jumping the border and smuggling drugs into the United States through
the southern border.
6) The numbers of migrants crossing the Rio Grande illegally has risen since past years.
7) Through August of this year, there were a total number of 369,411 apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico
border.
8) Numbers of apprehensions along border have increased at a drastic rate since August.
9) Immigrant moms are crossing Texas border at an alarming rate in spite of seeking a better life for
themselves as well as their children.
10) Nearly 5,000 unaccompanied children have been caught crossing the US southern border in the month
of October alone.
11) In 2015, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), removed about 235,413 immigrants to 181
different foreign countries around the world.
12) The Obama administration deported a record number of 438,421 unauthorized immigrants in the fiscal
year of 2013.
SECTION 3. STATUTORY LANGUAGE
A) The Si Se Puede Act of 2017 shall provide undocumented immigrants an equal opportunity to receive
full citizenship. The reason being is because it will benefit people who are against illegal immigration and
the undocumented immigrants. It will also reduce the amount of funds going towards deporting these
illegal immigrants. This bill shall prevent Donald Trump to build his multi-billion dollar wall that will not
benefit the United States or Mexico for that matter. The Si Se Puede Act of 2017 will reduce the amount
of undocumented immigrants from illegally crossing the border, because it will make the process of
becoming a citizen more obtainable for the immigrants attempting to become legal citizens of the United
States. This bill shall fund certain aspects of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration
Modernization Act of 2013 such as immigrants receiving citizenship and/or visas to come to the United
States.
B) The law is to be enforced by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and administered by the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security. Funds shall come from the same taxpayers that are paying to secure the
border. The funds toward the Si Se Puede Act of 2017 will not only benefit the immigrants, but it will
lower the crime rate of illegal border crossings.
C) The Si Se Puede Act of 2017 shall be enacted on January 1, 2020. Violators who do not abide by the
law or endanger our society in a negative manner shall be deported immediately.