With enforcement of immigration law said to be eroding under the Obama administration, Sen. Jeff Sessions has introduced a new bill to strengthen immigration enforcement.
“Congress spends too much time catering to special interests, and not enough time serving the people who sent us here. Advancing this bill would be a dramatic step towards reestablishing the severed trust between the people and their government,” Sessions, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, said Monday.
The legislation is named for two local law enforcement officers murdered by an illegal immigrant with a criminal record who had already been deported twice: Detective Michael Davis and Deputy Danny Oliver. Sessions’ bill is a companion to the House’s legislation introduced by Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy.
“This legislation will ensure cooperation between state, local, and federal officials, each with their own valuable role,” Sessions added. “It will crack down on sanctuary cities. It will empower our Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to actually enforce our immigration laws—protecting the jobs, wages, and well-being of the American people. It will make sure that our immigration policies are carried out—not ignored.”
Sessions stressed that criminal immigrants are released from custody every day, noting that over the course of two years the Obama administration released 76,000 convicted criminal immigrants.
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