OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

Supporting United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Floor Speech

Date: July 18, 2018
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security Immigration

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Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Virginia for yielding. I especially want to thank my colleague Congressman Higgins from Louisiana for his leadership in bringing this resolution to the floor.

And what does the resolution do? It simply says that we stand behind our ICE agents, those brave men and women who are keeping America safe. These are the people on the front lines of removing terrorists from our country. These are the people who, by the way, last year alone, removed 100,000 criminals from our country.

And they want to vote ``present''? My colleagues on the other side are talking about voting ``present.''

Mr. Speaker, when you look at the numbers, last year, ICE agents rescued or identified 518 victims of human trafficking. What if those ICE agents would have voted ``present'' that day instead of rescuing those victims of human trafficking? Luckily, Mr. Speaker, they didn't vote ``present.'' They showed up and did their job to keep America safe.

What if, last year, Mr. Speaker, those ICE agents who rescued or identified 904 people who were sexually exploited children voted ``present'' that day, instead of rescuing those 904 sexually exploited children? Luckily, they didn't vote ``present,'' Mr. Speaker. They showed up and did their job.

We need to stand up for them. We need to stand up for what is important at keeping this country safe.

Are we for open borders? Absolutely not.

On this resolution, there is one choice, one button to hit if you support these men and women who are keeping us safe, who are keeping us from open borders. That vote is ``yes.'' Any other vote than a ``yes'' vote is for open borders and somehow not supporting these men and women.

Let's look at what is resolved in the resolution. We express our continued support for those ICE agents. We denounce calls to abolish ICE. And we support efforts of all Federal agencies--State law enforcement, military personnel--who bring law and order to our Nation's border.

The only vote on this resolution is ``yes.''

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