White House Threatens Veto of Bill Dubbed "Donald Trump Act"

[big_dog]

Source: NBC News

The White House issued a veto threat on Thursday to a bill Democrats are deridingly calling the Donald Trump Act. The White House issued the veto threat against the bill that was hurriedly advanced through the House after GOP presidential candidate Trump highlighted the shooting death of a woman in San Francisco by an immigrant not legally in the country and who had already been deported several times.

The administration said the bill, sponsored by Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., fails to offer comprehensive immigration reforms, undermines the administration's efforts to remove the most dangerous convicted criminals who are not legally in the U.S., hurts efforts to collaborate with state and local law enforcement and threatens the civil rights of all Americans. The bill, HR 3009, is officially called the Enforce the Law For Sanctuary Cities Act. It would deny federal grant money to cities that limit who they turn over to immigration enforcement officials or hold in their jails for them.

Trump blamed the death of Kathryn Steinle, the shooting victim, on San Francisco's policies, to bolster the anti-Mexican and anti-immigrant comments he made when he declared his presidential bid. Although some in the GOP have spoken out against Obama's comments, after quietly ignoring them initially, the bill that Trump's campaign platform, Republican lawmakers wasted little time in moving the legislation on the issue that is drawing national attention because of Trump's campaign rhetoric.

The administration said Congress should allow the Department of Homeland Security's Priority Enforcement Program, which allows federal and state law enforcement to arrest people who are a priority for deportation - convicted criminals and those who might cause the public harm and people arrested at the border or ports of entry _ time to work. "Finally, the bill would condition federal money on state and local governments allowing their law enforcement officials to gather citizenship and immigration status information from any person at any time for any reason," the White House stated. The White House said such "blanket authority" would threaten the civil rights of all Americans, create mistrust between federal and local and state law enforcement and impede enforcement of immigration laws.



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[GoneOffShore]

2. Thanks for your concern.

[cstanleytech]

3. Welcome to the DU or back to the DU may your time be atleast as long as it was the last time

if its welcome back.

[silvershadow]

5. I doubt there will be another Republican elected in the next twenty years to the White House. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. They could have also called this the "Arrest All Brown People Law"....

Let's face it.

Republicans want to make the USA "White's Only".

[PSPS]

6. AKA the Joe Arpaio law. "Ihre papiere, bitte"

[Triana]

7. "Although some in the GOP have spoken out against Obama's comments..."

Did they mean Obama, or Trump? This seems incorrectly written.

[randome]

8. Look at that third paragraph, 2nd sentence.

It's like it was written by an alien.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]“If you're not committed to anything, you're just taking up space.”
Gregory Peck, Mirage (1965)[/center][/font][hr]

[Triana]

9. It's very badly written. Shitty grammar.

Messed up punctuation, drawn out sentences. . . . alien. Yup.

[riversedge]

10. I did a double take when I read that also. Beyond awkward