[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23646]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CHARLIE NORWOOD CLEAR ACT OF 2007

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, last month three college students were 
murdered by a horrifically violent criminal alien with three previous 
felony arrests, including the rape of a 5-year-old girl. He should have 
been deported, but Newark, New Jersey's ``sanctuary'' law prevented 
local law enforcement from working with the Feds to detain and deport 
him.
  We need an efficient system of identifying and removing violent 
criminal elements. That is why I am introducing the Charlie Norwood 
CLEAR Act of 2007. This bill increases Federal funds to local law 
enforcement agencies, provides the information they need, requires the 
Feds to remove and deport criminal aliens and reduces Federal funds for 
cities that provide safe haven to violent criminal aliens that harm the 
public.
  I urge all of my colleagues to join me in supporting the Charlie 
Norwood CLEAR Act of 2007.

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