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 Naturaliza…
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@9G2CWFMConstitution2yrs2Y
Yes, if their home country has a working criminal justice system. Otherwise, they should go to a special prison in the US.
@9D9NVVB2yrs2Y
Non-citizen immigrants should be deported.
@9R6HTN510mos10MO
Yes but if it's a particularly heinous crime, they should serve time in prison before being deported.
@8YFGJ4J3yrs3Y
Yes, but only if they have entered the country illegally, have finished serving their sentence, and is safe for them to return to their country.
@8WHWBKS4yrs4Y
I think it honestly depends
@8WHJQWT4yrs4Y
No, unless it hurts another person on purpose or other reasons.
@8WH5S374yrs4Y
Yes, only if they are not yet US citizens.
Yes, but there should be a process that looks at the totality of the circumstances, impact on the immigrant, their family, circumstances of the crime, connection to the community and so on
@8QBFRRF4yrs4Y
Yes, only illegal immigrants however
They should only be deported if they have come here illegally, and it has to be after they have completed their sentence.
@9CZSJ842yrs2Y
No, they should just be arrested like any other American.
@9BXDHPKIndependent2yrs2Y
Only if they are not citizens or refugees
@8Y57BJPRepublican3yrs3Y
No, because they are now American citizens.
@8W5YTVC4yrs4Y
yes immigrants shouldn't be aloud in this country
@8K7ZPXPIndependent5yrs5Y
Case by case with due process
@8DJFLZKConstitution5yrs5Y
All immigrants should be citizens and therefore subject to federal, state and local laws, and the punishments therein.
@8TBYN2N4yrs4Y
No, if they have completed the process of becoming a citizen.
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