[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 22, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H5344]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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            OPPOSE ENFORCE THE LAW FOR SANCTUARY CITIES ACT

  (Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in 
staunch opposition to H.R. 3009, the Enforce the Law for Sanctuary 
Cities Act, or perhaps better titled, the ``Donald Trump Act.'' This 
bill is nothing more than an underhanded ploy to criminalize the 
immigrant community who, research shows, is less likely to commit 
serious crimes than native-born persons. To demonize an entire 
community based on the actions of a few does not inform wise policy.
  Local police are best equipped to make decisions of how best to serve 
their communities. Let them make those decisions. Withholding Federal 
funds from jurisdictions who have adopted local trust policies will not 
make our communities safer or fix our broken immigration system. It 
will only make it more difficult for local police to provide public 
safety to their communities.
  Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, this doesn't come as a surprise. This is 
the same Republican-led Congress that nearly shut down the Department 
of Homeland Security, compromising the safety of our communities.
  I have consistently said that we need to focus on passing 
comprehensive immigration reform, yet time and time again, Republicans 
have shown the only aspect of immigration reform they are interested in 
is deportation.

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