I want to thank my colleagues JIM KOLBE and DAVID DREIER for taking the lead on this extremely important measure. This amendment is about meeting federal responsibilities. about fairness to our states. and about making sure federal policies make our streets safer. not more dangerous. There can be no debate that immigration is a federal responsibility. The Supreme Court has ruled again and again that the states cannot take the lead on immigration. even if they want to. Every President has insisted that the federal government must control. and be responsible for. immigration. And Congress throughout history has passed laws that ensure we will help states cover the costs of immigration. I want my colleagues to understand this point: The SCAAP fund is not a grant program. We are reimbursing State and local governments for money they have already spent to arrest. process and incarcerate criminal aliens.
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