In the midst of the border crisis, 148 Democrats oppose a law to deport illegal immigrants who attack police officers

The House of Representatives approved a bill that would support the deportation of illegal immigrants who attack police officers. The text was promoted by Congressman Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), who lamented the need to approve this law, referring to the border crisis unleashed by the Biden administration. “These types of laws are necessary to protect our nation and its citizens,” he said.

The legislation, baptized as the Detention and Removal of Illegal Aliens who Attack Police Officers Act, received 265 votes in favor and 148 against, the latter group made up exclusively of Democratic legislators.

Since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, illegal border crossings have reached record numbers. Indeed, more than 7 million illegal crossings have been recorded since then, a number greater than the population of 36 states. Even a Border Patrol agent recently said that it is “the cartels” who control the southern border.

“There is no reason that an illegal alien who attacks our law enforcement should remain in our country; that shows zero respect for our rule of law or our institutions, and they will not be positive contributors to society. My bill would require federal authorities to detain these individuals until they are deported from the country. In addition, it will create a new category for migrant inadmissibility, which specifically bars illegal aliens from remaining in our country who have been charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admitted to committing assault against law enforcement officers,” the Republican from New Jersey wrote in a statement.

Van Drew, who left the Democratic Party in early 2020 to endorse Trump, recently participated in the former president’s massive rally in the Garden State.

“Our police put their lives on the line every day to keep our citizens safe – you do not get to break our law by crossing the border illegally, attack those whose job is to protect and defend the public, and then expect to stay in the United States. Unfortunately, until our borders are closed and secured, these types of laws are necessary to protect our nation and its citizens,” he added.

One by one, all the Democrats who voted against

Adams

Aguilar

Love

Auchincloss

Balint

Barragan

Beatty

Bera

Beyer

Bishop (GA)

Blumenauer

Bonamici

Bowman

brown

Brownley

Bush

Carbajal

Cardenas

Carson

Carter (LA)

Marry

case

Casten

Beaver (FL)

Castro (TX)

Cherfilus-McCormick

Chu

Clark (MA.)

Clarke (NY)

Clyburn

Cohen

Connolly

Belt

Coast

Crockett

crow

Davids (KS)

Davis (IL)

Dean (PA)

DeGette

DeLauro

DelBene

Deluzio

DeSaulnier

Dingell

Doggett

Escobar

Eshoo

Espaillat

Fletcher

Foster

Foushee

Frankel, Lois

Frost

Garamendi

Garcia (IL)

Garcia (TX)

Garcia, Robert

Goldman

Gomez

Green, Al (TX)

Hoyer

Hoyle (OR)

Huffman

Ivy

Jackson (IL)

Jacobs

Jayapal

Jeffries

Johnson (GA)

Kamlager-Dove

Kelly (IL)

Kennedy

Khanna

Kilmer

Krishnamoorthi

Larsen (WA)

Larson (CT)

Lee (CA)

Lee (PA)

Leger Fernandez

Lieu

Lofgren

Matsui

McBath

McClellan

McCollum

McGarvey

McGovern

Meeks

Menendez

Meng

Mfume

Moore (WI)

Moulton

Mullin

Nadler

Neapolitan

neal

Neguse

Ocasio-Cortez

Omar

Pallone

Pascrell

Pelosi

Pingree

Pocan

porter

Pressley

Quigley

Ramirez

Raskin

Ross

Ruiz

Ruppersberger

Sanchez

Sarbanes

Scanlon

Schakowsky

Schiff

Schneider

Scott (VA)

Scott, David

Sewell

Sherman

Smith (WA.)

Stansbury

stevens

Strickland

Swalwell

Takano

Thanedar

Thompson (CA)

Thompson (MS.)

Tlaib

Tokuda

Tonko

Torres (CA)

Torres (NY)

Trahan

underwood

Vargas

Veasey

Velazquez

Wasserman Schultz

Waters

Watson Coleman

Williams (GA)