Speech #CREC-2017-02-06-pt2-PgS832_t3

The Chicago Sun-Times looked at Federal gun prosecutions over the past 5 years and found that cities like Detroit and Baltimore had significantly more than Chicago, but their per-capita homicide rates are still higher that Chicago's. So that is not enough. Senator Sessions also seems to think that immigrants are at the root of most of our Nation's crime problems. That is why he pushes to withhold critical Federal funding to so-called sanctuary cities. But many studies have shown that immigrants are less likely to commit serious crimes than native-born individuals. And there is no evidence whatsoever that undocumented immigrants are responsible for any significant proportion of the murders in Chicago. If sanctuary cities are the problem, why did a sanctuary city like New York City experience record low crime in 2016? Senator Sessions' priorities when it comes to these issues does not give me confidence. I am also troubled by the casual approach that Senator Sessions has adopted when it comes to Russian interference in our Presidential election.