Talk about bad timing, the resolution was introduced was just hours before ICE reported they released nearly 20,000 criminal illegal aliens back into the U.S. during 2015.
Via Washington Examiner:
More than 30 House Democrats have introduced a resolution saying the U.S. should “reduce automatic removal and detention” for illegal immigrants, and instead restore “proportionality and fairness” for illegal immigrants and their families.
The resolution, led by Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., said there is “growing bipartisan acknowledgement of the devastating impact that the criminal justice system has on communities of color.”
It added that an immigration system that relies on criminalization of immigrants “compounds that injustice.”