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WASHINGTON – The House passed immigration bills Thursday that Republicans promised would take criminal immigrants "off the street," but Democrats said would do little for public safety while having a "chilling effect" on immigrant communities.

The bills – to pull federal funding from sanctuary cities and to toughen penalties for immigrants who repeatedly re-enter the U.S. – were approved largely along party lines, with all but a handful of Republicans supporting and all but a handful of Democrats opposing.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday intended to crack down on violence committed by undocumented immigrants that gained some of its impetus from a Mesa man's 2015 death.

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In another blow to President Obama's regulatory legacy, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced Tuesday that his agency will rescind the Clean Water Rule, commonly known as WOTUS, or "Waters of the United States." The move follows an executive order issued by President Trump in February, which called for a review of the rule.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Freshman Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ 5th District) spoke exclusively with Breitbart News on Monday to discuss the passage of Grant's Law, one of several immigration law enforcement bills facing Congress this week.

Biggs called Grant's Law a "common sense measure," and said, "We are talking about people who we know are criminally violent."

The emphasis, according to Biggs, is keeping illegal aliens that are criminally violent in custody until they're out of the country.