Congressman Downing introduces Safeguarding American Property Act to expand deportable offenses

Freshman Montana Congressman Troy Downing says in floor remarks that his Safeguarding American Property Act would add to Republican' clear message to criminal illegal aliens that if they broke laws, they went home, building on the Laken Riley Act by expanding the bill to include property crimes like trespassing and arson as deportable offenses, which addressed a particularly important challenge for border states and rural districts with vast distances between homes and businesses where law enforcement resources were often spread thin, while upholding the fundamental American value of respecting property rights.