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Committee member criticizes Republican bill forcing localities to shoulder federal immigration enforcement
Summary
The committee member said a Republican-backed bill would force underfunded state and local jurisdictions to divert resources to immigration enforcement, potentially leaving fewer officers to combat violent crime and drugs; the speaker said the bill passed the committee months ago but was not scheduled for floor action.
A Committee member criticized a bill passed by Judiciary Republicans that, the speaker said, would compel underfunded state and local jurisdictions to use local funds and officers for federal immigration enforcement. "They passed a bill to force underfunded state and local jurisdictions to use more of their funds and resources to do the bloated federal government's job of immigration enforcement," the committee member said, warning it would reduce local capacity for violent-crime and drug response.
The speaker said Republicans in the committee previously approved similar measures and called out votes to remove protections for military families and to oppose body-worn cameras for ICE officers. The lawmaker said the bill had passed out of committee months earlier but that House leadership, identified in the remarks as Speaker Johnson, had not scheduled the measure for floor consideration.
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