PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 110 STAT. 3009-546
DIVISION C—ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
REFORM AND IMMIGRANT RESPON-
SIBILITY ACT OF 1996
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE OF DIVISION; AMENDMENTS TO IMMIGRATION
AND NATIONALITY ACT; APPLICATION OF DEFINITIONS
OF SUCH ACT; TABLE OF CONTENTS OF DIVISION; SEVER-
ABILITY.
(a) SHORT TITLE. —Th is division may be cited as the "Illegal
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996".
(b) AMENDMENTS TO IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.—
Except as otherwise specifically provided—
(1) whenever in this division an amendment or repeal
is expressed as the amendment or repeal of a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to
that section or provision in the Immigration and Nationality
Act; and
(2) amendments to a section or other provision are to
such section or other provision before any amendment made
to such section or other provision elsewhere in this division.
(c) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.— Except as otherwise
specifically provided in this division, for purposes of titles I and
VI of this division, the terms "alien", "Attorney General", "border
crossing identification card", "entry", "immigrant", "immigrant
visa", "lawfully admitted for permanent residence", "national",
"naturalization", "refugee", "State", and "United States" shall have
the meaning given such terms in section 101(a) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act.
(d) TABLE OF CONTENTS OF DIVISION. —The table of contents
of this division is as follows:
Sec. I. Short title of division; amendments to Immigration and Nationality
Act; application of definitions of such Act; table of contents
of division; severability.
TITLE I—IMPROVEMENTS TO BORDER CONTROL, FACILITA-
TION OF LEGAL ENTRY, AND INTERIOR ENFORCEMENT
Subtitle A—Improved Enforcement at the Border
Sec. 101. Border patrol agents and support personnel.
Sec. 102. Improvement of barriers at border.
Sec. 103. Improved border equipment and technology.
Sec. 104. Improvement in border crossing identification card.
Sec. 105. Civil penalties for illegal entry.
Sec. 106. Hiring and training standards.
Sec. 107. Report on border strategy.
Sec. 108. Criminal penalties for high speed flights ft*om immigration checkpoints.
Sec. 109. Joint study of automated data collection.
Sec. 110. Automated entry-exit control system.
Sec. 111. Submission of final plan on realignment of border patrol positions
lUegal
Immigration
Reform and
Immigrant
Responsibility
Act of 1996.
8 USC 1101 note.
8 USC 1101 note.
8 USC 1101 note.
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