STATEMENT: Rep. Dave Min Votes Against Bill To Hamper Local Law Enforcement and Expand ICE Authorities

Washington, D.C. - Representative Dave Min (CA-47) voted against H.R. 3486 and offered the following statement:

"While I am an ardent advocate for strong border security, H.R. 3486 will make it harder for local law enforcement to keep our communities safe from violent crimes while also greatly expanding the potential ability of ICE to assault and violate the basic rights of millions of Americans, including citizens and permanent residents, based on their perceived race or ethnicity.

In talking with local and state law enforcement officers, I learned that this bill will potentially make it harder for them to do their jobs. By increasing the scope of crimes that local police officers might be expected to enforce, while not providing any funding for this, H.R. 3486 would effectively reduce the resources our local law enforcement has to keep our communities safe and potentially lead to increases in violent crime.

At the same time, this bill, combined with the Supreme Court's clearly wrong decision allowing ICE to detain people based on ethnicity, race, language, or place of employment, will give sweeping new authorities to ICE to perpetuate the mass incarceration of immigrants. I am deeply concerned that H.R. 3486 will lead to more violent attacks and unlawful arrests by ICE of the people I represent. For these reasons, I voted no earlier today."

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