[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11333]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       SANCTUARY CITIES MUST END

  (Mr. BABIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BABIN. Mr. Speaker, the tragic killing of Kathryn Steinle at the 
hands of a five-time deported illegal alien and a seven-time convicted 
felon should never have happened. But that is exactly what happens when 
a city ignores immigration laws.
  The consequences of government-sanctioned lawlessness are real, and 
this is another in a long line of tragic wake-up calls that cry out for 
deporting criminal aliens.
  Ms. Steinle's killer, a wanted criminal illegal alien, had been in 
custody but then was put back on the streets by San Francisco 
officials.
  The Obama administration shares blame because they have done nothing 
to combat sanctuary city policies. Instead, they have encouraged them.
  We swore an oath to protect the American people from enemies, foreign 
and domestic. This Congress should take action to combat sanctuary city 
policies and make sure that criminal aliens are deported.
  I rise in strong support of legislation that I have cosponsored that 
would do just that, because it is time to put the safety of American 
citizens first.

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