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Dr. Coburn offered the following amendments to S. 744, The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013:

Amendment 1349- Eliminates the waiver allowing illegal aliens living outside of the United States who have previously absconded or been deported or removed from the United States to apply for registered provisional immigrant status. Additional information here.

Amendment 1350- Strikes the provisions that authorize government funded lawyers for aliens in immigration proceedings and the creation of the Office of Legal Access Programs. Additional information here.

Amendment 1351*- Closes the loophole providing multiple appeals and class action lawsuits through judicial review to individuals whose application for registered provisional immigrant status has previously been denied and to strike the provisions that authorize government-funded lawyers for aliens in immigration proceedings and the creation of the Office of Legal Access Programs. Additional information here and here. 
*Amendment 1351 is a combination of Amendment 1350 and Amendment 1363

Amendment 1352- Increases public safety by denying registered provisional immigrant status to any alien who has been convicted of the crime of domestic violence, child abuse, assault with bodily injury, violation of protective order, or drunk driving, by reducing the number of misdemeanors that would make an applicant ineligible for such status, and by eliminating the Secretary of Homeland Security's authority to waive the application of such provision. Additional information here.

Amendment 1353- Increases public safety by denying registered provisional immigrant status to any alien who would otherwise be ineligible for admission under current immigration law. Additional information here.

Amendment 1354*- Increases public safety by denying registered provisional immigrant status to any alien who has been convicted of the crime of domestic violence, child abuse, assault with bodily injury, violation of protective order, or drunk driving, by reducing the number of misdemeanors that would make an applicant ineligible for such status, by eliminating the Secretary of Homeland Security's authority to waive the application of such provision, and by denying registered provisional immigrant status to any alien who would otherwise be ineligible for admission under current immigration law. Additional information here and here. 
*Amendment 1354 is a combination of Amendment 1352 and Amendment 1353.

Amendment 1355- Identifies and removes criminal aliens incarcerated in correctional facilities in the United States. Additional information here.

Amendment 1356- Requires that a Joint Resolution of Approval of the Comprehensive Southern Border Security Strategy and Southern Border Fencing Strategy be enacted into law before the processing of applications for registered provisional immigrant status. Additional information here.

Amendment 1357- Requires all applicants for registered provisional immigrant status who are criminal aliens, were previously removed, or absconded from prior immigration proceedings to undergo an in-person interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Additional information here.

Amendment 1358- Includes front line personnel in the Department of Homeland Security Border Oversight Task Force. Additional information here.

Amendment 1359- Includes front line personnel in the Southern Border Security Commission. Additional information here.

Amendment 1360- Includes front line personnel in the Southern Border Security Commission and in the Department of Homeland Security Border Oversight Task Force. Additional information here.

Amendment 1361- Allows U.S. Customs and Border Protection to enforce immigration laws on Federal land. Additional information here.

Amendment 1362- Requires the immediate initiation of removal proceedings against nonimmigrants who have exceeded their authorized period of admission. Additional information here.

Amendment 1363- Closes the loophole providing multiple appeals and class action law suits through judicial review to individuals whose application for registered provisional immigrant status has previously been denied. Additional information here.

Amendment 1371- Allows market demand to determine the level of participation in the nonimmigrant agricultural worker program. Additional information here.

Amendment 1447- Clarifies the national security and law enforcement clearances required for an alien to be granted registered provisional immigrant status and to require such clearances to be paid for with the processing fees collected from applicants for registered provisional immigrant status. Additional information here.

Amendment 1509- Prevents unnecessary use of no-bid contracts to carry out Federal immigration activities. Additional information here.

Amendment 1688- Increases public safety by denying registered provisional immigrant status to any alien who has been convicted of the crime of domestic violence, child abuse, assault with bodily injury, violation of protective order, or drunk driving, by reducing the number of misdemeanors that would make an applicant ineligible for such status, and by eliminating the Secretary of Homeland Security's authority to waive the application of such provision. Additional information here.


Amendment 1689- Closes the loophole providing multiple appeals and class action lawsuits through judicial review to individuals whose application for registered provisional immigrant status has previously been denied and to strike the provisions that authorize government-funded lawyers for aliens in immigration proceedings and the creation of the Office of Legal Access Programs. Additional information here.



Date Title
6/27/13 Dr. Coburn’s Statement on Passage of Senate Immigration Bill
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6/27/13 Dr. Coburn’s Statement on DOMA Ruling
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6/27/13 Senators Manchin, Burr, Coburn, Alexander, King Introduce Bipartisan Permanent Student Loan Solution
6/26/13 The Obama Administration’s Decision Terminates the Insure Oklahoma Program
6/26/13 Senators Coburn, McCain, Ayotte Ask that the U.S. Department of the Air Force Meet Their NDAA Deadline in Letter to Acting Secretary Fanning
6/21/13 Senators Request GAO Probe CO-OP Projects Under Health Reform Law
6/21/13 Senators Question Tavenner on Effectiveness of New Innovation Center
6/20/13 Senators Express Concerns With Navigator Proposed Regulation in Letter to Secretary Sebelius
6/20/13 Coburn and McCaskill Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Means-Test Medicare Premiums
6/20/13 SENATORS: HEALTH LAW’S NAVIGATOR PROGRAM LACKS CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS, INCREASES RISK OF FRAUD
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6/20/13 Current record
6/19/13 Senators Klobuchar, Toomey, Shaheen, and Coburn Request That The GAO Examine Price Transparency for Medicare Beneficiaries
6/19/13 Coburn Asks Treasury To Stop Making Excuses and Release Conference Spending
6/18/13 Boxer, Coburn Praise Senate Passage of the Hope Act
6/17/13 McCaskill, Coburn Seek Support from Colleagues on Revision to Health Care Law
6/14/13 Examining Medicare Spending: What’s Realistic to Expect?
6/13/13 By The Numbers: Entitlements Drive Spending
6/13/13 Washington's Leadership Crisis
6/13/13 Sequester This: Dr. Coburn Urges DOJ to Stop Crying Wolf on Sequester and Address Abundance of Wasteful Spending
6/10/13 Senators Carper, Coburn and Congressmen Roskam, Carney Lead Bipartisan Effort to Combat Billions of Dollars in Waste, Fraud and Abuse in Medicare and Medicaid
6/6/13 Bipartisan Senate Coin Legislation Offers Taxpayer Savings, Deficit Reduction
6/6/13 GAO Report Highlights Defense Department’s Failure to Curb Improper Payments
6/6/13 Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Reduce Overlapping Benefit Payments
6/5/13 Dr. Coburn Asks Why IRS Conferences Were Omitted in Previous Treasury Response
6/5/13 Dr. Coburn Asks VA to Clarify Policy on Employees Paid to do Union Work While Veterans Face Backlog
6/3/13 Chairman Carper, Ranking Member Coburn Highlight Release of Federal Program Inventory
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