Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) Seeks to Plug Threat to National Security in a Post-9/11 America

F.I.R.E. Coalition

10/11/2011

In 2007, Family Security Matters contributing editor Peter Wagner, author of “The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration” queried the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with a simple question.

“Why don’t you track illegal alien crime?” The Justice Department’s answer? “Congress hasn’t told us to.”

Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) introduced the “Illegal Alien Crime Reporting Act” (IACRA) in the 110th & 111th Congresses to address this gaping hole in national security. House Immigration Reform Caucus founder Tom Tancredo and now – IRC Caucus Chairman Brian Bilbray both co-sponsored this important legislation. Regrettably, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to give Rep. Jones’ 4-page bill any hearings or a vote.

And now… the rest of the story. …..