Mr. President. a few moments ago the Senate refused to move forward on an important piece of legislation. sometimes called the sanctuary cities bill. I want to explain for whoever may be listening and particularly for my colleagues what a terrible mistake our Democratic colleagues madewith the exception of twoby voting to block consideration of this piece of legislation. What this bill would do is withhold Federal funds from jurisdictions that basically violate current lawthat violate the informationsharing requirement in immigration law. Section 642 of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. Secondly. it would withhold Federal funds from those jurisdictions that refuse to honor the lawful. legal process known as the detainer. or request to notify Federal authorities if local law enforcement decides to release an illegal immigrant who happens to have been arrested for some other unrelated reason. This is a truly important issue. As we have seen from the news.
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