Madam Speaker, I keep hearing again and again and again that there is
no dispute about ongoing violence or gang violence in the United
States, but what has been clear from today's argument is that our
friends on the other side just don't want to do anything about it. They
are willing to talk about the gang violence, but they don't want to
actually craft and pass legislation that does something about it. I hope it is something that the American people are listening to,
because as we have debates over the next few months about what we
should be doing with regard to immigration, I hope everyone understands
that every time we try to do something about enforcement of immigration
laws, about stopping gang violation, about stopping illegal immigration
into the United States, it is very difficult to get agreement on the
other side. Criminal alien gang members are wreaking havoc in this country. Without stronger tools to specifically target those aliens that
terrorize our streets, gangs will continue to grow in numbers and in
strength. The time has come to take action and to provide a path to deportation
to those that so unabashedly seek to destroy our society. ICE has found that ``membership of these violent transnational gangs
is comprised largely of foreign-born nationals.'' Often bearing the
brunt of these gangs' violence are these very immigrant communities
that the other side claims that they want to protect. The Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act takes a tough approach. I
agree with that.
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