Xavier Becerra: “I thank the Chair. Mr. Speaker, the chairman of the committee made a statement that the law that had been violated by…”

“I thank the Chair. Mr. Speaker, the chairman of the committee made a statement that the law that had been violated by San Francisco, and the law that would be violated by places like Los Angeles that would cause this legislation to have my community of Los Angeles lose money for its police officers was a particular section in the code. {time} 1515 I have read the code. I am looking it up right now. That section relates to information being provided about the immigration status of an individual. We are not talking about the immigration status of an individual. We all knew that this individual was not documented. We knew his status. The information that was not conveyed in this particular case is that the individual is going to be released from custody. This bill doesn't change that. There was no law violated by the city of San Francisco. Certainly, my city of Los Angeles didn't violate any law. The city of Knoxville, Tennessee, didn't violate any law. The city of Manchester, New Hampshire didn't violate any law. And I could name to you any number of other cities and towns in America who are trying to establish working relationships with their immigrant community who did not violate any law. But this bill would punish all those cities and towns simply because this legislation wishes to extract punishment for any city that has established a policy working with its immigrant community. There is no State or city law in America that supersedes Federal law.…”