Dianne Feinstein: “Senator Sessions and I are introducing legislation to combat the use of fraudulent immigration documents, particularly…”

“Senator Sessions and I are introducing legislation to combat the use of fraudulent immigration documents, particularly passports and other travel documents. The need to prevent and prosecute passport and travel document fraud is clear, and this bill would increase penalties for the use of fraudulent travel documents. We know that the threat of terrorism against the United States is real and as the 9/11 Commission Report states, "for terrorists, travel documents are as important as weapons." In order to minimize the threat of terrorism to the United States, we must make every effort to limit the use of fraudulent immigration documents. The bill Senator Sessions and I are introducing would make the use of fraudulent travel documents--such as passports, Border Crossing Cards, Canadian driver's licenses or identification cards, transportation letters for parolees, military identification cards or green cards--an aggravated felony which will mandate detention and increase the likelihood of prosecution. Today, this is not the case.”