Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. As the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a resolution Wednesday afternoon forcing Democrats to show whether they support that nations Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) or not the majority of House Democrats 133 voted present" while the remainder split their vote; 18 House Democrats voted in favor the resolution while 35 voted against it.
Members voted 244-35-133 in favor of Cong. Clay Higgins (R-LA) bill to both denounce the Democrats push to do away with ICE which enforces the nations immigration laws and called for Congressional support for the agency and its law enforcement officials.
Less than a year ago they were all in favor of ICE and voted to authorize it into law. This is complete hypocrisy and pure politics" said Cong. Michael McCaul Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee on Fox News Wednesday morning.
My bill to Authorize ICE into law for the first time passed overwhelmingly last year with nearly every Democrat voting for it including Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat author if the bill that now wants to abolish ICE.
The Secretary (of Homeland Security) told me that they stop about 10 known or suspected terrorists a day on average and its just a political move on their part" said McCaul predicting that House Democrats would regret calls by some in their party to abolish ICE. I think is going to blow up on the Democrats because the majority of the American people arent with them on this one" McCaul said.Many Democrats said that they voted present" in protest of what they perceived to be a political stunt on the part of Republicans.
But shortly after the vote a GOP source told The Daily Caller News Foundation that the strategy to put Democrats on record broke the back of the Democrat Party."
The vote Wednesday came after days of the House Republican leadership considering the option to put forth another bill from liberal Progressive Caucus co-chairman Mark Pocan and caucus members Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) that would have abolished ICE.
Earlier in the week Democrat Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) had warned his party about their growing push to abolish the Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency which enforces the nations immigration laws.
Instead of having something that makes a Twitter hashtag and gets you on Rachel Maddow we need to have something that fires people up and is a policy position we can actually defend. Abolishing ICE is too easily mocked as open borders and no law enforcement" Coons said.
- Several 2020 Democrat presidential front-runners have come out in favor of abolishing ICE and
- More than 150 State & Local Democrat Officials nationwide have signed an open letter calling for abolishing ICE
Coons (at right) said recently according to U.S. News & World Report.
Weve got to abandon a politics of anxiety that is characterized by wild-eyed proposals and instead deliver ideas and practical solutions" said Coons expressing worry that his party is alienating moderate voters by moving too far to the left.
