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Should immigrants be deported if they commit a serious crime?

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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83%
Yes
17%
No
75%
Yes
7%
No
4%
Yes, but after they have finished serving their sentence
10%
No, only if they have entered the country illegally
4%
Yes, as long as it is safe for them to return to their country

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 @9L74FFC from North Carolina  answered…2yrs2Y

If they’re illegal immigrants, they should be deported immediately. If they’re legal immigrants, they should be subject to U.S law.

 @cryingleftist from Texas  answered…6yrs6Y

Yes, as long as it is safe to return and they entered illegally.

 @9JM9ZRL from Texas  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but after they have finished serving their sentence and illegal immigrants who commit murders should get the death penalty

 @9RCMSRK from Michigan  answered…2yrs2Y

Illegal immigrants should be put before an international court, legal immigrants should be treated the same as US citizens.

 @8PNXZDC from Delaware  answered…6yrs6Y

No, no human is illegal

 @8HXPYGN from Arizona  answered…6yrs6Y

Yes, if they are illegal immigrants; No, if they are legal immigrants

 @8FYQYQH from Michigan  answered…6yrs6Y

No, unless it is a very serious crime, and they are not yet US citizens

 @BC3MHDG from Oregon  answered…3mos3MO

Depends on the crime and if they are a full legal citizen, if they are a citizen, punish them as though you would a everyday citizen.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2yrs2Y

Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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