Posted on 10/08/2015 5:24:04 PM PDT by markomalley
The Senate will consider legislation targeting funding for sanctuary cities when it reconvenes the week after next, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced Thursday.
The Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, introduced by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), will skip the committee process and go directly to the Senate floor. The bill restricts federal funding for sanctuary cities, or jurisdictions that do not comply with federal immigration authorities. It also provides legal protections for localities that do comply with federal immigration law and ups the penalties for illegal re-entry.
Speaking on the Senate floor Thursday afternoon, McConnell encouraged senators heading home next week for the district work period to think about the backward treatment of jurisdictions that cooperate federal immigration authorities and those that do not.
“In a time of limited federal resources and tough choices, is it fair to treat localities that cooperate with law enforcement or work hard to follow federal law no better than localities that refuse to help or actively flout the law?” McConnell asked, rhetorically.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
A better way would be for states to receive the income from this portion of taxes.
OH here we go again...does anyone in Washington D.C. listen to the voters anymore?
Haven’t we said time and time again, we don’t want anymore people that are illegal????
So here we are going to spend some more money for people that don’t belong here, instead of spending money on the Vets and putting together America Again? OH NO, these people are way more important than we are...
Not getting my hopes up, however, since the Democrats, who share Hussein's hatred of Americans will probably collect 41 names and say "No." McConnell and company will then reply with "ok I guess this failed".
Trump effect
Ooooo. The gobbler is being a tough guy, now?
McConnell.......too little, too late.
McConnell.......too little, too late.
The Dems are just going to filibuster it.
Exactly! If not for Donald Trump, we wouldn’t be talking about any of this.
Go back into your stupid shell there surrender turtlew
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.