On October 7, 2013 California Governor Jerry Brown signed a state bill prohibiting law-enforcement officials from detaining an individual on the basis of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold after that person becomes eligible for release, unless he or she has been charged with or convicted of certain crimes, including violent felonies.
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The same should be done with illegal immigrants who have committed minor crimes as would be done with a US citizen who committed the same crime
Yes, All Third Generation Or Less Immigrants Should Be Deported
Yes, but the immigration system needs to be revamped. the system for becoming legal should be easier and less time-consuming.
No immigration should be illegal, and no one should be sentenced to jail except for Violent and Sexual crimes, and even the time in jail for those people should be lowered. If immigrants commit a violent or sexual crime, they can choose deportation and not come back or jail but then afterwords be allowed to stay in the US.
Yes, local law enforcement should be allowed to detain illegal immigrants if they have committed a crime; in addition, the illegal immigrant should officially arrested and seen by a local court prior to being transferred to federal immigration authorities.
No, but if they stole they have to give the item back to the store or person and for each minor crime they should do 14 days of paid community service.
Yes, if it is a crime that they are 100% guilty of and that it would threaten the US. But if they aren't guilty and have a clean record they shouldn't.
No, illegal immigrants should not be deported for petty, non-violent crimes that do not warrant more than a few days in jail or a ticket.
Yes, but we should make it easier to not be an illegal immigrant in the first place.
No, Deportation is in violation 8th amendment
No. Only if they are career criminals or have a history of violence or stalking.
Yes, but only after helping them apply for legal immigration and fixing that process
Again, please just make citizenship easier to attain
If it’s a violent or harsh narcotic related then yes. Not simple pot heads
Yes, especially if they have a previous criminal record. Families or relatives of them should be left alone.
Probably but most immigrants travel to the U.S for opportunity and work. No American wants to do basic work I can assure you, I personally feel immigrants help keep grocery prices low.
Maybe, immigrants, illegal and legal, should be treated the same as American citizens.
I don't really understand this question.
They should be charged as an American citizen
@8J9V46K5yrs5Y
Its up to local authorities
@Charlotte25Green2yrs2Y
Only after being convicted
They should establish residency first
They should be given the right to fair trial with the same rights as US citizens.
No, unless the crime is violent in nature. Rather, a process for the immigrant to obtain citizenship should be initialized.
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