Ohio Congressman Mike Rulli has introduced a bill to redirect federal gambling tax revenue to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The Giving Alien Migrants Back Through Lawful Excise Redistribution (GAMBLER) Act would amend to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Border Enforcement Trust Fund within the US Treasury.
The federal gambling excise tax currently raises approximately $300 million annually for the US Treasury’s general fund.
The proposed bill would redirect this money to allow ICE to conduct its enforcement, detention, and deportation operations without tax increases for the American public.
Rulli cited the recent unrest and protests in Los Angeles as evidence that the current enforcement measures are insufficient.
“Working-class Americans are paying the price while blue states and sanctuary cities harbor millions of illegal aliens who wave foreign flags in our streets, vandalize property, and drain resources meant for our own citizens,” said Rulli.
“Our neighborhoods are being overrun, our laws ignored, and our voices silenced by an out-of-touch elite that refuses to act. In any other country—or any other time in history, this would be called exactly what it is: an invasion. And the American people are done being ignored.”
“This is about fairness, accountability, and restoring the rule of law,” Rulli added. “The GAMBLER Act is a common-sense solution that gives ICE the tools it needs, without raising taxes, to take back control of our borders and protect the American people.”