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Calendar No. 80
113TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 113-40
BORDER SECURITY, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND
IMMIGRATION MODERNIZATION ACT
JUNE 7, 2013.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. LEAHY, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL AND MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany S. 744]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill
(S. 744), to provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon, with an amendment, and recommends that the bill, as
amended, do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Background and Purpose of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity,
and Immigration Modernization Act ................................... 1
II. History of the Bill and Committee Consideration ........ ............... 22
III. Section-by-Section Summary of the Bill ................. ............. 75
IV. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ........................... 161
V. Regulatory Impact Evaluation ........................................ 161
VI. Conclusion ............................................ ......... 161
VII. Additional and Minority Views ..................................... 163
VIII. Changes to Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..... ........... 186
I. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE BORDER SECURITY, ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY, AND IMMIGRATION MODERNIZATION ACT OF
A. PURPOSE OF THE BILL
Few policy issues are as central to the history and character of
America as immigration. The foundation of the Nation, and its fu-
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