Which ‘Sanctuary’ bill is best?  The gun belonged to a federal officer!  This illegal Mexican coward shot this young girl in the back!  Who set up this killing?

Sessions’ & Gowdy’s bills stand above a crowded list of ‘sanctuary’ bills in Congress
If any good can come from the tragic shooting of a San Francisco woman earlier this month at the hands of a five-times deported illegal alien, it’s that Congress may finally take action to punish sanctuary jurisdictions that protect illegal aliens, including the federal government which has been releasing criminal aliens onto the streets.

Remember Kate?  This illegal shot Kate in the back – she never knew what hit her.  These illegals are being supported by the Democratic Party so they can pay them to vote for them.  This man was sponsored by the Democratic Party and was set free.

The response has gotten confusing because at least a dozen bills have been offered in recent weeks to end sanctuary jurisdictions. They have all earned varying levels of attention, with the one pushed by Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly getting the most attention even though it’s not the best bill.

The bills differ in scope and effectiveness, allowing House and Senate leaders to pick and choose the bill they want to move. If recent history serves as a lesson, House and Senate leaders will choose the weakest possible bill to move even though a large majority of American voters are furious and want criminal aliens removed from the United States.

THE BEST BILL THAT NUMBERSUSA SUPPORTS

NumbersUSA supports passage of the Davis-Oliver Act introduced by Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions (S.1640) and South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy (H.R.1148). It’s named after Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver, two California deputy sheriffs who were murdered by illegal aliens. Among many other things, the bill would:
•Withhold SCAAP funding, ‘Cops on the Beat’ funding, or any other law enforcement DHS grant to jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration agents (sanctuary jurisdictions)
•Allow states to pass immigration enforcement laws so long as the penalties do not exceed the federal penalties
•Require DHS to provide all known data to the National Crime Information Center for aliens who have final removal orders, overstayed or misused a visa, or entered in to a voluntary departure agreement
•Provide grants to local jurisdictions that help enforce immigration laws

The Sessions-Gowdy bills would go beyond simply ending sanctuary cities through additional measures to increase public safety as a whole. They would strengthen the enforcement of federal immigration laws, end benefits for known terrorists, and prevent foreign citizens who pose a threat to public safety from entering the country in the first place.

BILLS ADDRESSING ONLY SANCTUARY CITIES

None of the other bills, including the so-called “Kate’s Law” pushed by O’Reilly, would do as much to make our communities safer. But more importantly, none of them, except for the Sessions-Gowdy bills, address the federal government’s sanctuary policies. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has released nearly 70,000 convicted criminal aliens over the last two years. Only the Sessions-Gowdy bills would end this federal complicity.

Both Presidential Hopefuls Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) have introduced sanctuary bills. The Cruz bill is similar to Kate’s Law in that it would only imprison previously deported aliens that return to the U.S. It wouldn’t require jurisdictions to notify ICE when they release criminal aliens from prison.

The Paul bill would only block funding to jurisdictions that don’t cooperate with federal immigration agents, while allowing the federal government to continue its sanctuary policies.

Legislation has also been introduced by Rep. Scott Desjarlais (R-Tenn.), Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Penn.), Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), but all of these bills would only block funding to sanctuary jurisdictions without addressing the feds policies.

THE CLEAR ACT

The only bill that comes close to the effectiveness of the Davis-Oliver Act is Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s (R-Tenn.) CLEAR Act. NumbersUSA has promoted this bill in past years, and it’s still a good bill, but the Davis-Oliver Act is more thorough and incorporates almost all of the CLEAR Act’s state and local enforcement provisions.

DAVIS-OLIVER BILL NEEDS MORE CO-SPONSORS

The Sessions version only has 5 cosponsors. The Gowdy version has more than 30 cosponsors and has already been approved by the House Judiciary Committee. Just this week, Reps. Dave Brat (R-Va.) and Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) added their names to the list of cosponsors, but both bills need a lot more support!

We have faxes posted to your Action Board urging your three Members of Congress to support the Davis-Oliver Act. Please send these faxes, and if you’ve already sent them, there’s more you can do. Next Monday, please call your Members of Congress or contact them through Social Media. Let’s do everything we can to help get the Davis-Oliver Act signed in to law!

Action

If you haven’t sent faxes on your Action Board to your three Members of Congress urging them to support Sen. Sessions’ and Rep. Trey Gowdy’s Davis-Oliver Act, please do so today!
Features
The Center for Immigration Studies has an interactive map that details most of the sanctuary cities, counties, and states across the country.
Click here to view the map and find out what municipalities refuse to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

New Data Show Over 1,400 Released Criminal Aliens Committed More Crimes

At a House Judiciary Committee hearing today, Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., disclosed new information showing the Obama Administration released from detention 1,423 criminal aliens in fiscal year 2014 who were later convicted of more crimes. These new crimes included assault, burglary, robbery, sexual assault, kidnapping, various types of homicide and manslaughter, and driving under the influence of alcohol.

Fifth Circuit Hears Arguments in Executive-Amnesty Injunction Case

A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments last Friday in the case brought by the Obama Administration to overturn a lower-court injunction on executive-amnesty implementation. The Capitol Hill newspaper Politico predicted the case may have to be resolved in the Supreme Court since the Administration is likely to lose in the 5th Circuit.

PREZ HOPEFULS GET TOUGHER — SAY ‘CUT FUNDING TO SANCTUARY CITIES

The momentum is building against sanctuary cities. Just Tuesday night, I posted a blog chiding the 2016 Presidential Hopefuls for being too timid in their response to the issues raised by the killing in the sanctuary city of San Francisco. But we have been pleased to get a lot of new evidence of something of a groundswell toward specifically cutting funding for cities that protect criminal foreign citizens and even support for specific bills introduced in Congress. It is very powerful to have so many Presidential Hopefuls supporting specific congressional action.

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