Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. Congressman Smith (R-Texas) released the following statement in support of immigration enforcement bills he helped author and pass on the House Judiciary Committee this week.
Congressman Smith: The presidents unilateral unconstitutional immigration actions last fall were unprecedented. Previous actions invited the deadly surge at our Southern border. We must restore the rule of law and right the wrongs this president has inflicted on the American people and on our immigration system. This week I worked to pass two bills on the House Judiciary Committee to restore our rule of law and strengthen enforcement.
Congressman Trey Gowdys Michael Davis Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act empowers local and state law enforcement with the ability to enforce our immigration laws. The result would be that our immigration laws are upheld even in cases where the president attempts to tie the hands of federal enforcement agencies as he did last November with his executive amnesty.
Congressman Jason Chaffetzs Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act would ensure that only those who qualify for asylum receive it. The current administration has exploited existing laws to open our borders wide to any and all who come here illegally. Our bill restores the law to its rightful purpose to grant asylum only for reasons of credible fear on a limited case-by-case basis.
These bills in addition to my Legal Workforce Act and the Protection of Children Act are the policies that Congress must enact to strengthen and reinforce current immigration laws.
