Roll Call
By Steven Dennis
July 22, 2015
The
White House is dismissing efforts to crack down on “sanctuary cities”
and the administration blames Republicans for failing to pass an
immigration bill.
“The
irony that I have noted in this situation, that many of these pieces of
legislation were written and are supported by Republicans who oppose
comprehensive immigration
reform,” Press Secretary Josh Earnest said. “And you heard me say on
countless occasions over the fall, that blocking comprehensive
immigration reform would perpetuate a system that is the closest thing
we have to amnesty.
“It
sounds like a lot of Republicans now have taken that view. They
understand that the situation — that the system that they chose to
perpetuate, actually does inhibit
our ability to most effectively implement the law in a way that keeps
our community safe.”
Earnest
said that’s why the president took the executive actions on
immigration, “to focus our limited law enforcement resources on those
individuals who do pose a threat
to public safety.”
He
noted the immigration bill that passed the Senate two years ago would
have included record funding for border security, ramped up interior
enforcement and increased
penalties for repeat violators.
“These
are the kinds of enforcement provisions that were included in the law
that Republicans blocked. So, when they raise concerns about how
effectively our immigration
system is working to keep the community safe, they have no one to blame
but themselves.”
As for the sanctuary cities bills that would withhold funding?
“We don’t take those legislative proposals particularly seriously,” Earnest said.
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