[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 17, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6461]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             SUPPORTING ICE

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my support for an 
agency that works extremely hard to keep our country safe, and that is 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE.
  While some on the other side of the aisle have called for ICE to be 
abolished--yes, that is not a joke, and indeed, have proposed a bill 
that they are now running away from, they failed to put their money 
where their mouth is on the issue when their bluff was called.
  ICE is, in fact, one of the most important components of our 
country's interior law enforcement. Without them, even the most modest 
level of border security would be difficult. In 2017 alone, the numbers 
are staggering: 226,119 illegal aliens removed; 32,598 Homeland 
Security criminal arrests; 4,818 gang arrests, including 796 MS-13 
members; and 2,370 pounds of the very dangerous fentanyl drugs seized, 
which only a small amount is very dangerous to thousands of people.
  The statistics should speak for themselves. ICE is critical for our 
country and its law enforcement. We should be doing everything we can 
to support them instead of threatening and abolishing an agency that 
works around the clock to protect our borders and our interior from 
these great threats. We should appreciate this branch of law 
enforcement, not try and run it out of town.

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