In 2015 the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2015 (Kate’s Law.) The law was introduced after San Francisco 32 year old San Francisco resident Kathryn Steinle was shot and killed by Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez on July 1, 2015. Lopez-Sanchez was an illegal immigrant from Mexico who had been deported on five separate occasions since 1991 and been charged with seven felony convictions. Since 1991 Lopez-Sanchez had been charged with seven felony convictions and deported five times by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Although Lopez-Sanchez had several outstanding warrants in 2015 authorities were unable to deport him due to San Francisco’s sanctuary city policy which prevents law enforcement officials from questioning a resident’s immigration status. Proponents of sanctuary city laws argue that they enable illegal immigrants to report crimes without the fear of being reported. Opponents argue that sanctuary city laws provide encourage illegal immigration and prevent law enforcement authorities from detaining and deporting criminals.
What would this solve?
No, legal immigrants should be treated as American Citizens when having to do with the law.
No, they should be given proper due process just like everyone else
Yes, if they're non-citizens
They should be sent to jail or prison not to just send them back home
No, they should serve their sentence, and then return to society like any citizen would
Yes, but only if deportation is apt for the case
I do not enough to form an opinion
just have them serve time behind bars
only if they entered illegally and it's safe to go back
Yes, if they were convicted by a fair trial. This should be determined by a committee.
If they are illegal yes they should be deported if they are a citizen of the US they should be tried as an American and sent to prison.
not if they have attained citizenship
Yes, however allow them to have an appeal process to ensure that we are not sending them back to their own country only to have them show up here again, or be summarily executed when they return to their country of origin. It is more important to preserve a life and seek their rehabilitation than to sentence them to death or allow them to go free and harm others--whether here or elsewhere.
Yes, but only if they are not citizens or legal residents.
even illegal immigrants should serve jail time not deported
Yes if they are not permanent residents and it is safe for them to return to their home country and they lived in that country while over the age of 18.
No. if they have come here illegally and committed serious crimes, we should prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. If we deport them, they will just keep coming back, because they know they will not be held accountable for their crimes.
No, only if they entered illegally and committed a violent crime
Depends on how one defines serious.
Illegal? Horrible question
I assume this means immigrants who have not become citizens. In that case, yes, so long as we are not returning them to a war zone.
Not if they are immigrants who legally have become US citizens. They are now u.s. citizens.
No, they should be held to the same standard as every citizen.
No, only if they are not citizens.
Yes, tax payers should not have to support violent criminals.
No, they should serve out their sentence, and then be deported
Not if it separates a family
If they legally became a citizen of the country then they should be tried as one. If they are illegal and the punishment is serious such as rape or murder then they should be deported
No they should do their time though
Yes, as long as it is safe for them to return to their country, and people who entered the country illegally as children should not be deported
Yes, as long as it is safe for them to return to their country, or they serve their sentence here
If they are illegal immigrants, yes. If they are legal immigrants, no
How serious the crime is and what type of infestation is required.
If they have commited a seriously bad crime they should be sent to jail and/or rightfully punished for what they did, but shouldn't be sent away back to the state they don't want to be in.
If they entered the country illegally, it was a violent crime, and it is safe to return to their originol country.
yes, only if they are illegal and can return to their country safely
If they have entered the country illegally than yes. If they're here legally they should be charged here and serve their sentence here.
No, they should be tried and held to the same standards as citizens
Only if they can not return to the US.
Yes, as long as it is safe for them to return to their country AND they came to the US AFTER their 18th birthday.
Only sometimes, and only after serving restitution
If the justice system was perfect then I’d say yes, but I have very little faith in it.
No. They deserve a fair trial, and should serve their sentence if convicted.
No, they should be sent to prison in the country the reside in.
If they committed a very serious crime are an illegal immigrant
Yes, if convicted after due process according to the rights provided to them by their immigration status.
Yes, but not if it was a past crime for which they have done their time and have displayed good behavior.
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