Mr. Speaker, finally, this week, we are taking up two
pieces of legislation that will address a huge problem in my home State
of California for a long time. As California moves more and more towards becoming a sanctuary State,
already having several sanctuary cities, H.R. 3003 and H.R. 3004 move
in the right direction toward law and order and what people expect from
their government in providing for the public safety. We go back to the story of two Californians I can think of off the
top of my head immediately, Kate Steinle and Jamiel Shaw, Jr., taken
needlessly by people who shouldn't have even been in the country. They
were illegal immigrants who were allowed to slip through the system and
cause the death of both of those fine young people in California. Juan Sanchez was an illegal immigrant with a record of seven
felonies. He had been caught and deported not once, not twice, by five
times. He should not have been on the streets of California. But on
July 1, he was roaming around free in San Francisco. He stole a gun out
of a Federal officer's car, fired shots in public, and shot Kate
Steinle in the back. San Francisco is a so-called sanctuary city, but
it was not a sanctuary city for Kate Steinle. By shielding illegal immigrants from Federal authorities, sanctuary
cities are disobeying the law. These actions have fatal consequences,
as Kate Steinle and her family found out. Action we take this week on H.R. 3004, Kate's Law, will toughen the
punishment for illegal immigrants who reenter the country. The second
bill, H.R. 3003, No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, cracks down on
sanctuary cities, protects the public from dangerous criminals, and
sends a message that if you are not with us in enforcing the law, then
you are not going to receive funding or other help from the Federal
Government. I think that is finally the right message coming out of Washington,
D.C., for those who don't uphold the laws and see to the first duty of
government, which is to protect and stand up for the safety of its
citizens.
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