To introduce legislation that would essentially punish our local
police for doing what they think is in the best interest of their
communities, this bill should be renamed ``punish our local police,''
because that is what it does. I can't believe that we are going down this road. Maybe it is a nice
sound bite, maybe it is a nice press release, maybe it fits in with the
Trump campaign rhetoric on immigrants and immigration; but this is just
a lousy idea. And I think if we did hearings on this bill, if we
actually spent some time being thoughtful about this issue, my
colleagues would come to that conclusion. Again, I would say that what we should be talking about is fixing our
broken immigration system. We need comprehensive immigration reform. The Senate, in a bipartisan way, stepped up to the plate and did it. It
is about time Members of this House have the guts to bring a
comprehensive immigration reform bill to the floor and fix our broken
immigration system. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
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