Sessions Applauds Passage of Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement on the House’s passage of legislation which prohibits federal grants to be given to local governments unwilling to assist the federal government in enforcing measures that distinguish between residents with legal immigration status and those who lack authorization under federal law to be present in the United States:

“Laws are put in place to keep our families safe, and all Americans should be able to trust local governments to uphold the rule of law. House Republicans today passed an important piece of legislation that will cut off certain federal grants to sanctuary cities that encourage illegal immigrants to seek refuge in their communities. It is unacceptable that an estimated 350 cities across our nation are unfairly allowing illegal aliens to stay in our country, thereby completely disregarding federal immigration law, which has been weak under President Obama to begin with. I supported this bill for a simple reason - cities that choose to ignore federal immigration law should not expect to receive related federal funding.” 

For more information about H.R. 3009, click here.

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Created:
Jul 23, 2015