9th District Cong. Andrew Clyde is using a Gainesville drug case as he continues to pressure Congress into codifying President Trump’s border security policies.
“Earlier this month, ICE arrested more than 1,200 illegal aliens in the Atlanta area, including 720 who had been convicted of or charged with crimes,” the Jackson County Republican writes in his weekly newsletter. “Right here in the Ninth District, ICE recently arrested an illegal and convicted drug trafficker after he shipped more than 275 pounds of methamphetamine to Gainesville. He had previously been deported from the United States twice.“
Clyde, one of the president’s staunchest supporters in Congress, declares that if Congress fails to act, a future Democratic White House “could simply cease ICE’s deportations here in the Ninth District, throughout Georgia, and across the entire nation while simultaneously flooding communities with illegals — including dangerous criminals.
“That’s why Congress’s mindset must be ‘pedal down’ on delivering on our America First promises. Failure is not an option.”
Meanwhile, a check of the Hall County Jail roster early Monday showed there were nearly 70 inmates who had immigration “holds” on them going back to June of last year. That’s when Pedro Leonel Cortez, 41, was arrested on three drug charges, including Sale and/or Trafficking in Meth, Cocaine and Marijuana.