Sec. 128. Combating human smuggling
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The Secretary shall develop and implement a plan to improve coordination among United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and United States Customs and Border Protection and any other Federal, State, local, or tribal authorities, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, to improve coordination efforts to combat human smuggling. In developing the plan required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider— the interoperability of databases utilized to prevent human smuggling; adequate and effective personnel training, including methods to ascertain crime victims and vulnerable populations as described in subtitle B of this title; methods and programs to effectively target networks that engage in such smuggling; effective utilization of— visas for victims of trafficking and other crimes; and investigatory techniques, equipment, and procedures that prevent, detect, and prosecute international money laundering and other operations that are utilized in smuggling; joint measures, with the Secretary of State, to enhance intelligence sharing and cooperation with foreign governments whose citizens are preyed on by human smugglers; and other measures that the Secretary considers appropriate to combat human smuggling.
Not later than one year after implementing the plan described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on such plan, including any recommendations for legislative action to improve efforts to combating human smuggling.