WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Chris Coons issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced the PUBLIC SAFETY Act to redirect almost $75 billion in funding passed in the Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and send it instead to local law enforcement programs to help hire and train 200,000 local cops in communities across the U.S.
While federal law enforcement has an important role to play in targeting undocumented violent criminals and securing the border, the Trump administration's immigration policies are not keeping Americans safe. Instead, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Kristi Noem, is put...