While You Weren't Looking, The House Voted To Ban Sanctuary Cities & Expand ICE Power

[Initech]

The House passed legislation on Thursday to crack down on illegal immigration and enact a key priority of President Trump’s known as "Kate's Law."

In largely party line votes, the House approved two bills. One would cut off some federal grants from so-called sanctuary cities that limit cooperation with immigration authorities; the other would impose tougher sentences on criminals who have entered the U.S. illegally multiple times.

“For years, the lack of immigration enforcement and spread of sanctuary policies have cost too many lives,” said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), the author of both bills.

The sanctuary city bill passed 228-195, while the sentencing bill passed 257-167.

Three Democrats defected from their party to support taking away grants from the sanctuary localities: Reps. Matt Cartwright (Pa.), Henry Cuellar (Texas) and Collin Peterson (Minn.). Seven Republicans voted against the bill: Reps. Justin Amash (Mich.), Carlos Curbelo (Fla.), Mario Diaz-Balart (Fla.), Dan Donovan (N.Y.), Peter King (N.Y.), Dave Reichert (Wash.) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Fla.).

<snip>

The bill includes a provision that ensures immigrants in the U.S. illegally who are charged with a serious crime are detained during their deportation proceedings.

It also requires that localities comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement requests to detain suspects for extra time, since some jurisdictions currently don’t always cooperate. The extended detentions allow immigration enforcement authorities to pick up suspected criminal immigrants from local jails.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/340137-house-passes-kates-law-and-crackdown-on-sanctuary-cities

Be afraid, the gestapo just got bigger.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Not Congress, just the House.

The bill has not been presented to the Senate, where, according to the cited article, it is not likely to pass.

[chillfactor]

2. I do not think sanctuary cities will give a damn about what the house thinks.....

the cities themselves will do what it takes to protect their citizens....

[OhNo-Really]

3. just who are the people working for ICE

It seems so Black Shirtish to me. Does anyone know someone participating in raids? I can't imagine sleeping at night after taking a parent away from their children and dropping in jail like facilities. It's disconcerting.