In a show of solidarity for federal deportation efforts, the Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a plan to withhold earmarks from local governments that attempt to thwart public safety and support the safe harbor of illegal aliens.

The resolution passed Tuesday, bans pork projects for local governments and universities that attempt to prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities from doing their job. The earmarks sometimes total millions of dollars for special projects, distributed as grants to specific local governments, universities and other organizations, MLive reports.

Under House Resolution 19, the House will not vote on any spending bill that includes specific funding for a city, county or university that supports sanctuary city policies or has ordinances that subvert or impede federal immigration enforcement efforts.

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The rule change, introduced by House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, passed along party lines.

“That means we’re not going to fund your splash pads. We’re not going to fund your Zen centers. We’re not going to pay for your hip-hop academies. We’re just not going to do that, and we don’t have an obligation to do that,” Hall said, according to MLive.

State Rep. Mike Harris, R-Waterford, testified Tuesday before the House Government Operations Committee in support of the measure. Harris said sanctuary jurisdictions obstruct the critical role that immigration enforcement plays in protecting public safety.

“If local governments avoid their duty to protect their communities, they shouldn’t get special earmarks from state taxpayers,” said Harris, who served a 26-year law enforcement career, in a news release. “With this measure, we’re turning off the spigot for politicians who thwart public safety.”

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House Resolution 19 amends the rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit any legislatively directed spending item — a pork project funded just for one specific recipient — from going to a county, city, village, township, or university that undermines federal immigration enforcement measures.

A municipality or university seeking an earmark would need to certify to the House that it works with immigration officials and complies with federal immigration law. The rule only restricts pork projects, not statutory revenue sharing or any funding distributed based on an objective formula or a competitive grant process.

The lawmakers cited horrific violent crimes committed by illegal aliens—some after being deported and reentering the United States illegally—in recent years, from murder to sexual assault to a deadly hit-and-run.

Harris also highlighted the concerning wave of home invasions by transnational gangs in Oakland County.

“Oakland County families know firsthand the dangers brought by international criminals who break our laws, steal from law-abiding citizens, and put lives at risk,” Harris said in a statement.

The resolution is a way to push back against local governments that obstruct the federal immigration officers who work to keep the country safe.

“For far too long we’ve seen local officials seem to care more about drug dealers from Mexico or gang members from Venezuela than they do for their own friends and neighbors who follow the law and pay their taxes,” said State Rep. Cam Cavitt, R-Cheboygan, in a statement last week.

Last year, Cavitt introduced legislation creating the Sanctuary Policy Prohibition Act and County Law Enforcement Protection Act, respectively. The plan would have prohibited municipalities from enforcing policies preventing local law enforcement from communicating or cooperating with federal immigration officials.

Across the state and nation, local politicians and law enforcement officers, including the Washtenaw County Sheriff, have prioritized a pro-illegal immigration agenda and say they will not cooperate with ICE officials. Saginaw, Bay City also have considered resolutions to undermine Trump’s immigration enforcement, The Midwesterner reports.

Several communities in Michigan have dubbed themselves sanctuary jurisdictions. East Lansing last year passed a sanctuary city resolution restricting local law enforcement’s ability to work with federal immigration enforcement. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff has said he will not comply with federal requests to detain arrested illegal immigrants until federal officials arrive, MLive reports.

State Rep. John Roth, R-Interlochen, also voiced his support for House Resolution 19, saying any community that prioritizes illegal immigrants over its own citizens should have their access to extra state funding cut off.

“Any community that refuses to cooperate with federal immigration officials should expect the same cold shoulder from state government come budget time,” Roth said in a statement. “The feds are trying to keep our communities safe, and these rogue cities are doing whatever they can to protect these violent criminals and let them right back out onto our streets.”

How They Voted

House Resolution 19

Yeas 56 Nays 50 Not Voting 4

Republicans

Alexander (R-98); Aragona (R-60); Bierlein (R-97); BeGole (R-71); Beson (R-96); Bohnak (R- 109); Bollin (R-49); Borton (R-105); Bruck (R-30); Carra (R-36); Cavitt (R-106); DeBoer (R-86); DeBoyer (R-63); DeSana (R-29); Fairbairn (R-107 ); Fox (R-101); Frisbie (R-44 ); Green (R-67); Hall (R-42); Harris (R-43); Hoadley (R-99); Jenkins-Arno (R-34 ); Johnsen (R-78); Kelly (R-93 ); Kuhn (R-57); Kunse (R-100); Lightner (R-45); Linting (R-27); Maddock (R-51); Markkanen (R-110); Martin (R-68); Meerman (R-89); Mueller (R-72); Neyer (R-92); Outman (R-91); Paquette (R-37); Pavlov (R- ); Posthumus (R-90); Prestin (R-108); Rigas (R-79); Robinson (R-58 ); Roth (R-104); Schmaltz (R-46); Schuette (R-95); Schriver (R-66); Slagh (R-85); Smit (R-43); St. Germaine (R-62); Steele (R-54); Tisdel (R-55); VanderWall (R-102 ); VanWoerkom (R-88); Wendzel (R-39); Woolford (R- ); Wortz (R-35); Wozniak (R-59)

Democrats 

Andrews (D-38); Arbit (D-20 ); Brixie (D-73); Byrnes (D-15); Carter (D-53); Carter (D-1); Coffia (D-103); Conlin (D-48); Dievendorf (D-77); Edwards (D-12); Fitzgerald (D-83); Foreman (D-33 ); Glanville (D-84); Grant (D-82); Herzberg (D-25); Hope (D-74); Hoskins (D-18); Koleszar (D-22); Liberati (D-2); Martus (D-69); McFall (D-8); McKinney (D-14); Mentzer (D-61); Miller (D-31); Morgan (D-23); Myers-Phillips (D-7); Neeley (D-70); O’Neal (D-94); Paiz (D-11); Pohutsky (D-17); Price (D-5); Puri (D-24); Rheingans (D-47); Rogers (D-41); Scott (D-7); Skaggs (D-80); Snyder (D-87); Steckloff (D-19); Tate (D-10); Tsernoglou (D-75); Wegela (D-26); Weiss (D-6); Wilson (D-32); Witwer (D-76); Wooden (D-81 ); Xiong (D-13); Young (D-16)