DINA TITUS VOTES AGAINST DEPORTING GANG BANGERS

September 17, 2017

Rep. Dina Titus (D) CD1, voted against U.S. House passed H.R. 3697,“Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act.” H.R. 3697 defines gangs as “five or more people with the primary purpose of committing felony crimes like drug and human trafficking.”

“Federal authorities have found that members of violent transnational gangs, like MS-13, are largely foreign-born nationals,” Co-Sponsor Rep. Goodlatte said.

In a statement, Titus said “A vote for this bill is a vote to attack, profile and deport immigrants. I stand with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to say that this legislation’s dangerous and sweeping provisions ignore due process rights and change the definition of ‘criminal gang’ to target nuns, ministers, rabbis, humanitarian workers, and others who harbor immigrants who are often fleeing danger. Instead of infringing on constitutional rights and ramming through bills without normal order, Republicans should work with Democrats to debate and pass comprehensive reform bills to fix our nation’s broken immigration system and fight crime.”

But the rest of Nevada Congressional delegation, including Jacky Rosen and Rep. Ruben Kihuen (both Democrats) and Rep. Mark Amodei,(R) voted in favor of the bill.

Titus claimed Rabbis and nuns could be targeted by this bill.

Titus is considering running against Dean Heller for U.S. Senate.