Sanctuary City Policies

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Mr. LANGWORTHY. Madam Speaker, tonight we passed H.R. 3941, the Schools Not Shelters Act, sponsored by my friend and colleague from New York, Representative Marc Molinaro.

Unfortunately, this legislation is a necessary response to President Biden's border crisis, which has been made worse by the sanctuary city policies of New York Democrats.

We are seeing illegal immigration spill into communities across the State, including in my district in western New York.

When Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul announced their plan to take over campuses across the State and turn them into migrant housing, it struck many parents, including me, as an insult. Our investment of billions of taxpayer dollars for award-winning schools like our SUNY campuses is thrown away to become migrant camps.

The Schools Not Shelters Act sends a clear message that our Nation values the education and well-being of our children above all else.

Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues in the Senate to support this measure to put our children first.

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