(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Abe Hamadeh wants to protect ICE agents.

The Arizona congressman is among a handful of House representatives, all of them Republicans , to introduce the Protect and Respect ICE Act. The measure would double criminal penalties for assaulting, resisting or impeding an officer or other employee of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“If you look at the records of the subjects that are being arrested by our brave ICE agents, you would be grateful that they are selflessly keeping our communities safe by removing dangerous criminals from them,” Hamadeh told The Center Square via email. “Instead, people are only reading headlines that portray the subjects as 'a Maryland dad' and 'grandfather of three.' ”

A former U.S. Army Reserve captain and a Mar

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