,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cffh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #be1  
#bjbd,mr4 ,vance introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize    
certain ,states to erect temporary      
protective fencing within #be miles of  
the southwest border to deter illegal   
immigration4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,state ,border 
,security ,act4  #b4 ,removal of        
protective fencing ,section #b of the   
,secure ,fence ,act of #bjjf 7,public   
,law #aji-cfg2 #h ,u4,s4,c4 #agja note7 
is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7b7--   
7,a7 by striking everything preceding   
the term and inserting the following3   
7b7 ,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7
 the term  2 and  7,b7 by striking the  
period at the end and inserting the     
following3 2 and 7#b7 the term          
protective fencing means fencing that is
 reasonably calculated to deter illegal 

border crossings by aliens outside a    
port of entry4  2 and  7#b7 by adding at
 the end the following3  7c7            
,prohibition against removing protective
 fencing  7#a7 ,in general ,subject to  
paragraph 7#b7 and notwithstanding any  
other provision of law1 no employee or  
agent of the ,federal ,government may   
execute or enforce any provision of the 
,immigration and ,nationality ,act by   
dismantling1 removing1 destroying1 or   
tampering with concertina wire1 razor   
wire1 barbed wire1 or other protective  
fencing erected by a ,state government  
within #be miles of the international   
border between the ,united ,states and  
,mexico4  7#b7 ,exception ,the          
prohibition described in paragraph 7#a7 
shall not apply in situations where the 
,federal ,government demonstrates1 by   
clear and convincing evidence1 that the 
fencing referred to in such paragraph   
was erected by a ,state government with 
the intention of facilitating illegal   
immigration rather than deterring       

illegal immigration4  7#c7 ,injunctive  
relief ,the ,attorney ,general may seek 
injunctive relief in an appropriate     
,federal district court to order any    
,state that has erected protective      
fencing intended to facilitate illegal  
immigration to remove such fencing by   
meeting the evidentiary standard        
described in paragraph 7#b74  4