Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I want to reiterate the positions that were taken by the gentleman from Texas. We have political subdivisions, primarily, as sanctuary cities that are violating Federal law, and all we are saying is follow the law. The point hasn't been made here that the Department of Justice could enforce this law, but they choose not to, and that empowers the political subdivisions, particularly the cities that continue to advance these sanctuary policies. Can you imagine being a police officer and being told that, if you pick up people who are unlawfully present in America, that you can't tell the INS--even if you are having coffee with them--that you have got a jail full of people who are unlawfully present in America that are required by law to be placed into removal proceedings? That is just illogical. I would point out that, if you disagree with this section of the code, you are here in this Congress, bring a bill to try to change it. In the meanwhile, I am for full funding of the SCAAP funding. I think that, when we have people in the country and we are not enforcing immigration law, we should make sure that local jails are funded when they are picking up people that are unlawfully present in America. I support the Byrne JAG grants. I want to give that to them, but we cannot do that under provisions if the local subdivisions are violating law.…”