Congressman Cohen Says Immigration Enforcement is Killing Americans

WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today spoke out against out-of-control immigration enforcement and misplaced priorities at a Committee markup. He also condemned "open and notorious unprosecuted corruption" and outrageous pardons of convicted felons.

In his remarks, Congressman Cohen said in part:

"We put more money into ICE, making it the largest law enforcement agency in this country. ICE was given $75 billion over four years. They get more money than the FBI, the DEA, U.S. Marshals and Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms multiplied by two every year…And what are they doing? They've killed two Americans, Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti. They are dead forever. Why? Because people we hired and we pay a large amount of money to took their guns out and shot them. Shot them like Kristi Noem shot her dog…

"What are we turning America into? We've hired Brown Shirts to go out and harass our citizens. They consider the protesters as the opposition, and they kill them…We've got a messed up set of priorities in this country."

Congressman Cohen was also critical of Jeff Bezos bankrolling a $40 million documentary on Melania Trump, saying, "you're talking about open and notorious unprosecuted corruption in our country." And he listed off pardons the president has provided to frauds and convicted felons that a recent Judiciary Committee report said deprived victims of $1.3 billion in restitution.

See Congressman Cohen's remarks on ICE and corruption hereand on Trump's pardons here.

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