SAFEGUARDING PROPERTY

On 2025-04-09, Representative Troy Downing (R-MT-2) delivered a floor speech titled "SAFEGUARDING PROPERTY" in the House.

SAFEGUARDING PROPERTY

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 64 (Wednesday, April 9, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 9, 2025)] [House] [Page H1553] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SAFEGUARDING PROPERTY (Mr. DOWNING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. DOWNING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of my bill, the Safeguarding American Property Act. In the 119th Congress, House Republicans have sent a clear message to criminal illegal aliens: If you break our laws, you go home. Earlier this year, we passed the Laken Riley Act. My Safeguarding American Property Act builds on the good work of the Laken Riley Act by expanding the bill to include property crimes like trespassing and arson as deportable offenses. Mitigating these types of property crimes is a particularly important challenge for border States and rural districts like mine which often have vast distances between homes and businesses and in which law enforcement resources are often spread thin. This bill sticks up for those communities and upholds the fundamental American value of respecting property rights by providing additional legal requirements that ensure Federal immigration law is properly enforced. Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to support the Safeguarding American Property Act to further strengthen the good policies codified in the Laken Riley Act. ____________________