Thread: Exclusive: ICE Union Attacks Corker-Hoeven Amendment

by Matthew Boyle 23 Jun 2013, 8:40 AM PDT
breitbart.com



After Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) admitted the amendment he and Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) offered to the immigration bill will not improve immigration law enforcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) National Council president Chris Crane told Breitbart News he is shocked lawmakers would still want to pass the bill.

"So that’s the answer from U.S. Senators,” Crane, an ICE agent and a former marine, told Breitbart News exclusively on Sunday morning. “They know the bill is bad but plan to pass it anyway? With billions of taxpayer dollars to be spent and the safety of the public on the line, Senators plan to pass the buck to the House with hopes they might fix it? Anti-enforcement special interests have succeeded in pressuring the Senate from doing what’s best for America. This is why America has lost faith in its lawmakers."

Corker admitted in a Saturday Politico piece that his and Hoeven’s amendment, which is being sold as the fix to repackage the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill, does not actually fix interior enforcement issues as originally advertised.
“I do wish this amendment had some other measures relative to interior security, but I think the House can improve this,” Corker said, directly contradicting statements he and others have made about the amendment. “I think a conference can improve this. So I hope we have the opportunity down the road to see that occur.”

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