Released by United States Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana – November 2, 2023
“The Biden administration is turning every town in America into a border town, and it’s putting Louisianians at risk. I’m proud to support this common-sense bill to give state and local law enforcement agencies the information they need to protect our communities from migrants who commit crime.”
WASHINGTON – Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) in introducing the National Oversight of Transported Immigrants to Communities is Essential (NOTICE) Act to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to notify states and localities when the department transports migrants into their communities.
“The Biden administration is turning every town in America into a border town, and it’s putting Louisianians at risk. I’m proud to support this common-sense bill to give state and local law enforcement agencies the information they need to protect our communities from migrants who commit crime,” said Kennedy.
“Joe Biden’s border crisis has made every single community across the country less safe. You’d think when you have Democrat Governors in deep blue states like Illinois and New York complaining about the strain and cost the bussing of migrants has had on their states that this Administration would start to show some willingness here in Washington to secure the border, but it hasn’t. Nothing about the invasion at our southern border is compassionate, it’s certainly not safe, and absolutely unsustainable. Americans deserve to know who is being pushed into their communities at taxpayer’s expense,” said Marshall.
The legislation would require DHS, Health and Human Services or other agencies to notify states and localities when the Biden administration brings migrants from locations within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border into their jurisdictions. Agencies would also be required to disclose the following information to states about the migrants being brought into a local area:
- The alien’s legal name, country of origin, age and sex.
- Any crimes for which the alien has been convicted.
- Any criminal gang with which such alien is or has been affiliated.
- Security screenings that have been performed with respect to such aliens.
Senators Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Tedd Budd (R-N.C.) are also cosponsoring the legislation.
Full text of the legislation is available here.
