We need to stop wasting time passing laws we dont need to deport people who arent committing crimes and start working on real solutions to solve gang violence. Unfortunately. it seems this Congress consistently passes laws that allow us to avoid real reform. The misnamed "Immigration Law Enforcement Act" also passed today. is one such example. This bill should be renamed the "Pass the Buck for Immigration Law Enforcement Act." While it claims to simply "reaffirm" the authority of states to enforce immigration law. it actually distracts local law enforcement from their most important jobsafeguarding our communitiesand forces them to do the job that this Congress has repeatedly failed to do. We should enact real border security and comprehensive immigration reform. instead. we are passing the buck to our local communities and. without direction or funding. making them carry out complicated immigration enforcement. Enforcement of our immigration laws is a federal responsibility. Lets not shirk that responsibility. Lets not pretend this is someone elses problem.
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