GOP SENATORS ARE RUSHING SUPPORT TO ICE

How GOP senators are rushing support to ICE

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Thursday, July 12, 2018

Republican senators called Thursday for the Senate to approve a resolution putting the chamber on record in support of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying the government’s top deportation agency does critical work in keeping the country safe.

Led by Sens. Ted Cruz and John Kennedy, the resolution counters the call from a growing number of Democrats to abolish ICE over anger at the agency’s role in detaining and deporting illegal immigrants.

“Abolishing ICE is unthinkable,” said Mr. Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican. “ICE officers are in the trenches fighting those threats and protecting American families from the cross-border crime and illegal immigration that endanger our families. 

ICE deserves our gratitude and respect, not scorn and ridicule.”

ICE has a broad portfolio that runs from policing counterfeit merchandise to tracking online child predators to combatting illegal gangs.

But it’s their role in detaining and deporting illegal immigrants that’s drawn the ire of congressional Democrats, who have urged the agency to give lower priority to federal laws against illegal immigration and instead focus on other crimes or policing matters.

Several House Democrats announced a bill Thursday that would abolish ICE within a year.

That bill did not say what would happen to all of the other important functions ICE does beyond deportations. 

Those decisions would be left to a commission comprised of congressional appointees and immigrant-rights activists.

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My comments: If the Democrats had their way, America would be INUNDATED with Migrants, and America's Fiscal Boat would SINK. Everywhere the Democrats control, there is Fiscal Bankruptcy.