Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Goodlatte for making sure this bill gets to the floor. Mr. Speaker, I am registering my support for Kate's Law and H.R. 3003, the No Sanctuary for Criminals--for Criminals--Act. I support these bills for the sake of Kate Steinle and every single one of those who share her tragic fate. She was murdered in broad daylight by a violent, criminal illegal alien. This was an easily preventable and heartbreaking crime, and we simply cannot fail the American people by refusing to act on these bills. The government's first responsibility is the security and protection of our homeland, a duty that should not be abdicated or yielded based on convenience. In 2011--2011--a GAO study found that aliens committed more than 25,000 homicides, more than 69,000 sexual offenses, 14,000 kidnappings, 42,000 robberies, and 213,000 assaults, among other offenses. Every single one of these is too many. Very few things in this world we can get at 100 percent, but these are 100 percent preventable if these people would not have been here. These are preventable crimes, completely preventable, and we must stop the willful neglect of complacency by government officials who refuse to enforce existing--this is not new. This is existing law we are asking them to enforce, we are requiring them to enforce. According to a March 2017 Washington Times article, nearly 500 jurisdictions have sanctuary policies that block--that block--that limit ICE from apprehending criminal aliens.…”