Rep. Calvert Votes to Enforce Immigration Laws

Statement

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) joined a majority (241-179) of the House in approving the Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act, H.R. 3009. Rep. Calvert is an original cosponsor of H.R. 3009, which will withhold federal law enforcement funding for states and localities that circumvent the federal government's efforts to enforce our immigration laws.

"Sanctuary cities make our immigration problems worse, not better, and Congress should take action to discourage them in any way it can," said Rep. Calvert. "The Obama administration's encouragement of sanctuary cities and failure to enforce our immigration laws is irresponsible and especially dangerous when it comes to the failure to deport criminal immigrants. It is my hope that the passage of this bill is only a start of Congressional action to strengthen the enforcement of our immigration laws."

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