The ‘Donald Trump Act’ Just Passed The House By A Landslide, And Obama Doesn’t Like It One Bit

Western Journalism Center ^ | 07/24/2015 | James Beattie

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H.R. 3009 passed easily in the lower chamber 241 to 179.

James Beattie July 24, 2015 at 6:22pm

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The House passed a bill Thursday which would punish cities that refuse to enforce federal immigration law.

H.R. 3009 passed easily in the lower chamber 241 to 179, The Hill reported. The bill would force local law enforcement agencies to notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement if they have an illegal immigrant in custody; otherwise, certain federal law enforcement grants would be withheld.

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“I think we can all agree that any state or locality must comply with the law—and they are required to coordinate and cooperate with the federal government,” said Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., who sponsored the legislation. “If an arrest is made, the federal government should be notified. The fact that San Francisco, Los Angeles and other cities disagree with the politics of federal enforcement doesn’t mean they should receive a pass to subvert the law.”

“And if they do, there needs to be consequences—and the way we impose those consequences is by hitting them where it hurts. In the pocketbook,” Hunter added.

The bill was passed after 32-year-old Kate Steinle was murdered earlier this month, allegedly by an illegal immigrant who was deported from the U.S. multiple times and convicted of several felonies.

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Hunter’s bill was voted on largely across party lines. Reps. Carlos Curbelo of Florida, Bob Dold of Illinois, Dan Donovan and Peter King of New York, and Dave Reichert of Washington were the only GOP members of Congress to vote against the measure. Six Democrats voted for the bill: Reps. Ami Bera of California, Jim Cooper of Tennessee, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Bill Keating of Massachusetts, Collin Peterson of Minnesota, and Krysten Sinema of Arizona.

Opponents of the bill have tied it to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who in a statement earlier this week labeled the proposal the “Donald Trump Act.” Pelosi went on to call the bill a “wildly partisan, misguided bill that second-guesses the decisions of police chiefs around the country about how to best ensure public safety.”

“Just a few weeks into his campaign and Donald Trump has a bill on the floor of the House. That is better than some of the senators he’s running against,” Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., a fierce opponent of conservative immigration measures, told The Hill Thursday.

Meanwhile in the upper chamber, Sens. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., introduced legislation comparable Tuesday to what has been passed in the House. The legislation, entitled the Protecting American Lives Act, goes a step further with language that includes a mandatory five-year prison sentence for any deported illegal immigrant who re-enters the U.S. illegally.

[trebb]

Love what Trump is wreaking upon the Left. I do wonder if anyone will bring up how the DOJ and other governmental agencies threatened cities/states that were prone to enforce the laws that the Feds wouldn’t. Shows how screwed up our “representatives” are - one side attacks them for enforcing the laws and the other side attacks them for not enforcing the laws - then they wonder why we have no respect for them.

[1010RD]

English should be the official language of government at all levels. Legal immigration was not working and is a disaster. Ask anyone who’s been through the needlessly arduous and bureaucratic process. It is capricious and cruel. It needs fixing, but is no excuse for illegal immigration.

One interesting aspect from the mergers/acquisition business is that the best mergers/acqs occur when the acquired company is 15% or less of the size of the acquirer. What they’ve found is to make a merger work culture is critical and it’s the integration of the best of both into a single dominant culture that drives success. Based on that we need a better legal immigration policy.

1. Net new immigrants (legal) should never exceed 15% of the national population over a 20 year rolling period.

2. It’s our ‘house’ and we shouldn’t let people in who are going to drag it down. Islam is diametrically opposed to American values of individual liberty, small government and tolerance (not acceptance). Same with welfare.

[LS]

Awesome line. Might I borrow?

[Theodore R.]

It takes 291 in the House and 67 in the Senate to override anything that Obama will veto. So this is meaningless.

[Theodore R.]

Bush 12 is still the winner; so many in TX and FL long for a third Bush; they think he can win for some reason.

[bert]

now that is my kind of fighting

don’t male the charge of the light brigade up the valley to destruction, but rather, make a telling attack on the undefended flank.

near bankrupt Cities losing federal money have no defense

turn about for school lunches is fair play

[Tucker39]

And right there is where it stops with screeching, smoking tires. The report has been all over FR this week. Obunga has decreed that ICE will NOT enforce immigration law until AFTER amnesty is passed. So it’s a faux victory, intended to make us gullible suckers think we’d won something and made a little progress toward sanity.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Leave it to Pelosi to besmirch KATE’S LAW. The woman was murdered in her district and she changes the name in the media for politics. Disgusting!

[lodi90]

It takes 291 in the House and 67 in the Senate to override anything that Obama will veto. So this is meaningless.

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No, it’s not meaningless. Odumpa had a staffer threaten to veto to insulate himself from the direct issue. They are afraid of this. Very afraid. The Dems have gotten away with this “sanctuary” garbage because the GOP refuses to directly engage the issue. Now that Trump will it’s a game changer.

[SisterK]

barky still has a veto pen and ICE does not have a stellar record

[Sirius Lee]

The bill would force local law enforcement agencies to notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement if they have an illegal immigrant in custody; otherwise, certain federal law enforcement grants would be withheld.

This is only common sense. Why would one pay people who refuse to do their job?

[virgil]

I think anybody who defends illegal immigration is connected to the Mexican cartels.

[Stentor]

I think anybody who defends illegal immigration is connected to the Mexican cartels.

It's the simplest explanation. Buying Congresscritters is cheap.

[hoosiermama]

Let us not forget 0 connection
The community that 0 organized was controlled by a black Muslim street gang founded and funded by a Mexican drug cartel. Noah’s Robinson,half brother of Jesse Jackson and relative of MO is doing life for his involvement with gang (MO wore gang colors to many inaugural events) All were close until Noah’s’ arrest

Gang was known not just for drugs but male/female prostitution, murder for hire and domestic violence funded through FerretCON by Kadaffi. It is still in operation in both Illinois and Indiana
Nothing was done in that commununity 0 organized without gang approval. Hes been under their thumb for years

[Jane Long]

Bush 12 is still the winner; so many in TX and FL long for a third Bush; they think he can win for some reason.

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I AM in Texas, and I don’t know ONE person who will vote for Bush. You don’t realize just how sick folks are of da Bushes.

[Hostage]

Thanks for the clarification and yes there is no line veto.

But you see how McConnell and his little circus monkey Rand Paul are able to block and gut amendments and sections of legislation that Obama does not want. As Mark Levin pointed out yesterday with Ted Cruz in his show Obama gets everything from McConnell just the way he wants it.

[Jane Long]

[hoosiermama]

Read post above and you’ll have a better understanding of why DC doesn’t support closing the border. The MB (Valley) is not the only evil group with connections to the WH
Trump is taking on the drug cartel/DC by speaking out. No one else has dared. They won’t even acknowledge the connection to JJ
Links supporting statements are in Chicago crime thread

[Jane Long]

Praying for God’s protection, over Trump...he’s taking on the evil cartels...of DC and Mexico.

[hoosiermama]

All media etc are either ignorant of drug connection or know and for whatever reason are ignoring it.
Am personally aware of how the tributaries of drug trail runs from Chicago to Kentucky/Ohio. Both Paul and McConnell (and Boehner) have the same gang who supported 0 in Chicago active in their district. Read gang activity again above