Crime

Congressman Brad Knott, R-NC13, joined members of the Republican Study Committee in Washington on Tuesday to spotlight President Donald Trump’s push to crack down on crime in the nation’s capital. 

Knott, who spent time as a federal prosecutor before becoming a member of Congress, spoke about the importance of law and order. 

In January, a 14-year-old was shot and killed by a group of his peers in Southwest Washington, D.C. Just weeks later, an elderly man was chased through traffic by a knife-wielding attacker in broad daylight. 

House Republicans are fast-tracking a bill that would dramatically raise the punishment for illegal immigrants caught attempting to enter the United States after being deported.

The Stop Illegal Entry Act was passed out of the House Judiciary Committee last week after being tweaked to include language from Rep. Brad Knott’s (R-NC) legislation titled the Punishing Illegal Immigrant Felons Act, which includes penalties for repeat border crossers and criminal illegal immigrants.