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| The Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security will meet in |
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| a public hearing on Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at 8:00 a.m.(MST) in the El |
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| Paso Library Auditorium, 501 N. Oregon Street, El Paso, Texas. The |
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| Committee will hear public and invited testimony regarding the following |
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| Study and make recommendations to stem the tide of illegal immigration, |
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| drug trafficking, and human smuggling, and to reduce the criminal |
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| activities within the Border region. (Joint charge with Senate Committee |
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| on International Relations and Trade.) |
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| Evaluate the state's homeland security efforts and the state's recent $140 |
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| million investment in law enforcement to help secure the border and study |
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| and make recommendations to deter transnational and drug-related gang |
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| violence and crime, including the use of injunctions and any possible |
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| improvements to Chapter 125 of the Civil Practices and Remedies Code, |
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| relating to membership in street gangs. |
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| Study and make recommendations for the creation of a tamper-proof driver's |
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| license or photo ID that complies with the federal Real ID Act, including |
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| the implementation of the Secure Enhanced Drivers' License Program (SB 11, |
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| 80th Legislature), by the Department of Public Safety and issue |
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| recommendations for improving and expanding the pilot program. |
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