Whereas the national security interests of the United States are dependent on the brave men and women who enforce the immigration laws of the United States; Whereas abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (referred to in this preamble as ICE ) would eliminate the agency responsible for removing individuals who enter or remain in the United States illegally, resulting in open borders; Whereas the call to abolish ICE is an insult to the heroic law enforcement officers of ICE who make sacrifices every day to secure the borders and laws of the United States and to protect the safety and security of United States citizens; Whereas abolishing ICE would allow dangerous criminal aliens, including violent and ruthless members of the MS–13 gang, to remain in communities in the United States; Whereas, during fiscal year 2017, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (referred to in this preamble as ERO ) arrested more than 127,000 aliens with criminal convictions or charges; Whereas criminal aliens arrested by ICE ERO in fiscal year 2017 were responsible for more than— (1) 76,000 dangerous drug offenses; (2) 48,000 assault offenses; (3) 11,000 weapon offenses; (4) 5,000 sexual assault offenses; (5) 2,000 kidnapping offenses; and (6) 1,800 homicide offenses; Whereas ICE Homeland Security Investigations made 4,818 gang-related arrests in fiscal year 2017 and prevents cross-border financial crimes, money laundering, bulk cash smuggling, commercial fraud, intellectual property theft, cybercrimes, and other criminal activities; Whereas ICE plays a key role in the worldwide fight against human trafficking and child sexual exploitation through the Blue Campaign, the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit, the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative ( HERO ) Child-Rescue Corps Program, and Homeland Security Investigations; Whereas abolishing ICE would mean that countless illegal aliens who could pose a threat to public safety would be allowed to roam free instead of being removed from United States soil