Political Quotes

“For weeks now, the abolish ICE movement has been growing in popularity on the left with many Democrats embracing this radical policy stance. I find it extremely ironic that calls to abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency come only 1 year after 159 House Democrats voted to pass landmark legislation introduced by my colleague, Chairman Michael McCaul, reauthorizing ICE and other DHS agencies for the first time since their inception after 9/11. Mr. Speaker, calls to abolish ICE are reckless, dangerous to America's national security, and threaten the well-being of our ICE agents. As a member of the thin blue line, this attack on ICE is personal to me. The men and women of ICE serve as America's frontline defenders against human, drug, and weapons traffickers. ICE agents locate, arrest, and deport violent gang members and criminal aliens who threaten public safety. Last year alone, ICE arrested more than 127,000 criminal aliens responsible for: 76,000 drug offenses, 48,000 assault offenses, 11,000 weapons offenses, 5,000 sexual assault offenses, 2,000 kidnapping offenses, and 1,800 homicide offenses. Further, ICE agents made more than 4,800 gang-related arrests, rescued 518 victims of human trafficking, and seized 1 million pounds of narcotics last year.…”