CAPS Action Alert: CLEAR Act Helps Local Law Enforcement!

From: Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS)
Subject:Alert! The CLEAR Act would help and encourage local law enforcement against criminal aliens!
Date: 6/9/2009 10;54:16 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time

Alert! The CLEAR Act would help and encourage local law enforcement against criminal aliens!

The Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal Act would assist local governments and officers in removing criminal illegal aliens. The CLEAR Act, HR 2406, introduced by Representative Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), affirms that state and local law enforcement personnel have the inherent authority to assist in the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws.

The bill would also reimburse states and localities for the costs of incarcerating illegal aliens and cut off certain federal funds to states that have laws or policies prohibiting such law enforcement assistance.

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NumbersUSA Recognizes the Original Sponsors of the CLEAR Act

Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 10:06 AM

Congressmen Who...
Sponsored the CLEAR Act
Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 10:06 AM
Total 37 Sponsors

(AL) Bachus
(AZ) Franks
(AR) Boozman
(CA) Bilbray
(CA) McClintock
(CA) Miller
(CA) Rohrabacher
(CA) Royce
(CO) Lamborn
(GA) Broun
(GA) Linder
(GA) Price
(GA) Westmoreland
(FL) Brown-Waite
(ID) Simpson
(IN) Pence
(KY) Whitfield
(LA) Fleming
(MI) McCotter
(MI) Rogers
(MN) Bachmann
(MO) Akin
(MO) Blunt
(NV) Heller
(NC) McIntyre
(NC) Myrick
(OK) Cole
(PA) Pitts
(SC) Brown
(TN) Blackburn
(TN) Duncan
(TX) Culberson
(TX) Marchant
(TX) McCaul
(TX) Neugebauer
(TX) Poe
(TX) Sessions
Bold indicates bill's main sponsor.
Official H.R. 2406 cosponsor list

When Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) reintroduced the Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal (CLEAR) Act (H.R. 2406), the bill had 19 cosponsors. NumbersUSA recognizes those 19 original cosponsors for their commitment to increasing interior enforcement.

The CLEAR Act would authorize the federal government to reimburse states and localities for up to $400 million per year for the costs of incarcerating illegal aliens. Pres. Barack Obama's FY2010 budget proposal eliminates all funding for this program, the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP). In addition to continuing the funding for SCAAP, the CLEAR Act also would provide the following enhancements to promote effective enforcement of immigration law:

Recognition of the inherent authority of states and localities to enforce immigration law;

Improved information sharing between state and local governments and the federal government;

A mandate for the federal government to expeditiously remove criminal aliens being detained by states and localities; and

Increased federal resources for local governments that choose to assist in immigration enforcement.

Original Cosponsors of the CLEAR Act

(AZ) Trent Franks
Career Grade: A-

(CA) Brian Bilbray
Career Grade: A

(CA) Tom McClintock
Career Grade: No votes

(CA) Ed Royce
Career Grade: A+

(CA) Dana Rohrabacher
Career Grade: A+

(CO) Doug Lamborn
Career Grade: A-

(GA) Paul Broun
Career Grade: A+

(GA) Tom Price
Career Grade: A-

(FL) Ginny Brown-Waite
Career Grade: A

(ID) Mike Simpson
Career Grade: B

(IN) Mike Pence
Career Grade: B

(LA) John Fleming
Career Grade: A

(MI) Mike Rogers
Career Grade: B

(MO) Todd Akin
Career Grade: A

(NV) Dean Heller
Career Grade: A

(OK) Tom Cole
Career Grade: B

(PA) Joseph Pitts
Career Grade: B

(SC) Henry Brown
Career Grade: B

(TX) Kenny Marchant
Career Grade: B+

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