WASHINGTON -- Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to end a government position that works to protect immigrants going through detention and deportation, including children and victims of abuse.
The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill from Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) aimed at defunding a public advocate, or any position like it, within Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Congress defunded the position once before, but a different position, deputy assistant director of "Custody Programs and Community Outreach," simply absorbed the responsibilities, outraging some GOP members who said the Obama administration was skirting the law. Black has described the job as functionally an "illegal alien lobbyist."
"This bill addresses a problem of the Congress voting a law and the president not enforcing it," Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) said in defense of the bill during the meeting Wednesday.
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