FAIR Urges the House Judiciary Committee to Take Up H.R. 3151, the Arrest Statistics Reporting Act
In July, Congressman Mo Brooks introduced H.R. 3151, the Arrest Statistics Reporting Act. This straightforward bill does two important things: (1) allow arrest reports already sent to the FBI by law enforcement agencies to include the best known immigration status of the arrestee, and (2) require the Federal government to publish immigration crime statistics in the FBI’s annual crime reports. (See FAIR’s Summary of H.R. 3151)
H.R. 3151 can be easily implemented and provides vital information Congress (and the American people) need to have before considering any changes to our immigration laws. The bill enjoys broad support (including from FAIR); accordingly, we ask Judiciary members to inform Chairman Goodlatte of their support for the bill and respectfully request that he promptly schedule a committee markup.