I rise in opposition to all of these amendments. specifically. to the DeSantis amendment. Opposition is contained in a letter from the National Catholic Conference of Bishops. On behalf of the bishops. they write to ask that we oppose immigrationrelated amendments in the bill. Specifically to DeSantis. they say: Representative DeSantis immigration amendment would prevent the Department of Homeland Security from implementing its memoranda setting civil immigration enforcement priorities. While presented as a measure that helps domestic violence victims. we fear that it actually would discourage many such victims from reporting abuse. Immigrants face obstacles to reporting crimes that have been perpetrated against them. This amendment would perpetuate this problem. So I urge our colleagues to vote "no" on all of the amendments. and I call to their attention the letter from the bishops urging a "no" vote on the amendments. which I will submit for the RECORD.
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