Chairman. I rise in opposition to the amendment. This Norwood No. 65 amendment includes a number of provisions of the CLEAR Act. and in addition to giving State and local police the same authority to enforce immigration laws as a Federal agent. the provisions do not require. as a matter of fact limit. the amount of training that they could receive in order to enforce these rather technical provisions. Moreover. the provisions require the entry of millions of civil immigration law violators into the National Crime Information Center. an FBI database of those who are wanted. and these entries go on thousands of times each day. I am just wondering if my colleague. the author of this amendment. is aware of the incredible complexity that he is suggesting now be included in this measure. If these categories were limited to wanted criminals. that would be one consideration.
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