Act requires the DHS to train State and local police in enforcing immigration laws and to repay them for the money that they have spent. Now. sanctuary cities first started to happen in the United States in 1979. Los Angeles was the first sanctuary city. That means these cities choosechooseto stand in violation of Federal law and to not comply with Federal immigration law. Mr. Speaker. I think it is so instructive that the Department of Justice has never taken one of these cities to court. but if you let a State like Arizona try to strengthen their immigration laws. then the Department of Justice takes them to court. There is something wrong with that. Another thing that has happened is the illegal alien crime rate which has continued to grow. Do you know what the illegal alien crime rate should be? It is zerozero. There should not be tolerance for this. We see it all across our country. Certainly. we saw it on a San Francisco pier. In Tennessee. a Tennessee Highway Patrol officer made a traffic stop on 140 that led to the arrest of a man with an order of deportation and the recovery of a 19yearold who may have been a victim of human sex trafficking. Mr. Speaker. it is time to address this issue. and I encourage support for the CLEAR Act.
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