Speech #1140044564

According to the U.S. Sentencing Commission. of 74.911 Federal crimes in fiscal year 2014. 27.505. or 36 percent. were committed by those here illegally. During an 8month period in 2014. sanctuary cities released more than 8.000 criminal illegal immigrant offenders the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was seeking to deport. According to a new report released by the Center for Immigration Studies. of these 8.000 released. approximately 1.900 were arrested for successive crimes during the 8month timeframe. I believe San Franciscos hands are soaked in blood now. They choose to protect criminal illegal aliens over an innocent American woman. Beyond the public safety threat posed by sanctuary cities. the Federal Government has the responsibility to be good stewards of tax dollars entrusted to them by hardworking Americans. There is no reasonable explanation. in law or policy. as to why the Federal Government should send money to cities in the form of grants or reimbursements to help them enforce the law when they are blatantly ignoring the law. It is a waste of taxpayer money to send this money to States for purposes of law enforcement when they clearly arent using it for that purpose. The situation before us today is one dangerous political hypocrisy. The administration has vocally stated immigration law lies with the Federal Government and the Federal Government alone. In fact. their entire case against Arizona was premised on that point. That was when States were trying to enforce the law. When States dont enforce the law. essentially playing into the administrations failure to enforce the administrations claims. there is nothing they can do. It is sort of an interesting proposition. Last week I questioned the Secretary of Homeland Security about the issues of sanctuary cities. The Secretary stated there was nothing that DHS could do and that he didnt feel it was productive to try and force the cities to cooperate. The administration jumped all over States that help enforce immigration laws. including suing Arizona for enacting laws to protect its borders and its citizens. I ask: Where is the outrage by the administration over San Franciscos failure to follow the law? Where is the lawsuit? It is not surprising that the administration is only outraged when States are acting in a manner that doesnt meet their political goals. DHS refuses to make sanctuary cities comply with the law while. at the same time. DOJ is now requiring law enforcement in Maricopa County. Arizona. to provide services in Spanish to jail inmates and to have Federal oversight for all workforce enforcement raids.