Congressman Cohen Demands Trump Administration Focus on Crime, as Promised, and not on Hard-Working Immigrants
In floor speech, urges more funding for FBI than for ICE
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) went to the House floor today to condemn the fact that the “Big, Ugly Bill” Trump signed on the 4th of July contains more money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) than for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Trump is focused on statistics and deportations, not criminals, he said.
Congressman Cohen said in part:
“We put more money into ICE than we put into the FBI. The United States’ largest investigative function will be in ICE, not the FBI: More money chasing people who fix our roofs, who take care of our yards, take care of our children, take care of our seniors, work in the back sections of restaurants – and make America work. We should be putting that money into finding criminals…We’ve got a crime problem…That’s what they said they were going to go after in the immigration fights but now they’re going after statistics and records to put more people deported than any other country in the world. It’s a shame…First order: Protect us from criminals. Save America.”
See the entire floor speech here.
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