[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 22, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H5381]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     WE NEED A COMMONSENSE SOLUTION

  (Mr. LIPINSKI asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, Americans are appalled by the murder of 
Kate Steinle by a man who had been deported five times and was wanted 
by ICE but was let free.
  In Chicago, Denny McCain was killed by a drunk driver who had a prior 
felony and who was in our country illegally. ICE issued a detainer, but 
the defendant was let out on bail and disappeared.
  Donald Trump is wrong. Most immigrants to America are upstanding 
people who come to our country to work hard, but policies that permit 
these travesties should be stopped.
  Unfortunately, we are not being offered a commonsense solution. We 
are offered the polarizing choices that we either do nothing or we harm 
the very institutions and citizens we are trying to protect.
  What we need to do is stop local policies that ignore ICE detainers 
and let criminals go who are in our country illegally. I know this 
commonsense solution will anger people on both sides, but ask local 
police. They want to focus on those who have committed crimes in their 
communities. It is just common sense.

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