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…
Read moreYes, if they commited a really bad crime
@92S4D92Independent2yrs2Y
They should be in jail. If the only punishment is through deportation, it is not enough.
They need to Banned them and sentence in life in Prison
@935LQR82yrs2Y
Yes. If they entered the country illegally, they should be deported. If they commited heinous crimes, and if their country of origin has extradition treaties with the Philippines, we should let both countries reach a mutual agreement as to the next best course of action. In the absence of extradition treaty, the immigrant must be tried in a local court of law. I am not a legal expert, so I will leave the matter to the proper authority figures.
No only serve jail time
No, we should be the ones who punish them or give them the death penalty.
Yes, because it is the law of the Philippines and it needs to be punished for committing wrong doing or crime
@8TSJ6WV3yrs3Y
No, they should serve fheir sentence in full according to laws of their current country.
no because if they are deported they can commit it in another country and he should be imprisoned in the place where he/she commit the crime
they should be deported and bring back to their own country and they must be imprisoned
@8L9RXNT3yrs3Y
Well, it kind of depends, cause, if the immigrant commits a serious crime, he/she should be first serving imprisonment before being deported.
No they need to finished serving sentence and the victim family should decide too
They should be deported and banned from entering the country where they committed a crime no matter heinous or superficial.
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@7J7L92W2yrs2Y
No, try them as an American citizen
@9334YP32yrs2Y
Legal immigrants should be treated as Americans; illegal immigrants should pay for the costs of their sentence or receive the death penalty.
@92T53D92yrs2Y
Yes, but only if they are an ileagal immigrant
@92NVQ272yrs2Y
Yes, for if immigrants don't have a residence here and no if they're resident here.
@925MFDV2yrs2Y
if its a serious crime they should be killed
@8ZLZHD92yrs2Y
Yes, but only in the cases of violent crimes or drug-related charges that result in hospitalization and/or death. The dangers in deporting someone to a country they have not been to in years is significant, especially if it is an actively hostile environment, but the danger they pose to other individuals is equally, if not more so, apparent.
@8Z5KYVX2yrs2Y
No, they should be held in the United States for trial
@8Z4BSGL2yrs2Y
No, they should be treated as a normal citizen and accept those consequences
@77JF5QJ2yrs2Y
Yes, and if the crime is serious enough they should receive the death penalty
@8PWXW4S2yrs2Y
Yes, only if it is murder that's not in self defense or another violent crime
@8YW4MHH2yrs2Y
No, only if they are not legal citizens.
@6HM8ZBP2yrs2Y
Yes, only if they're not a citizen AND they have committed treason, murder, rape, or any form of crime that endangers society.
@8PWXW4S2yrs2Y
Yes, only if it is murder not in self defense or another violent crime
@8XTW3QC2yrs2Y
Yes, after a trial to determine their guilt or innocence and if guilty is transferred to the prison system in their home country.
@8XPV4DF2yrs2Y
No, keep them in prison in the U.S. if they are dangerous
@8XQ89TN2yrs2Y
No, but it depends on the crime
@8XMFN982yrs2Y
Only for those found guilty of terrorist charges
@DengekiMatsuko2yrs2Y
No, but they should be deported if they commit a violent crime.
@SassOfficial2yrs2Y
Yes, but only after full due process equivalent to what a citizen is entitled to
@8X3ZWX42yrs2Y
Yes, unless they have obtained US citizenship
@8X3KQBN2yrs2Y
Only if it's a really severe crime such as murder and only if they haven't gotten registered as a citizen, if they are registered as a citizen, they should receive the same treatment as people born here for the same crimes.
@8WPW8WW2yrs2Y
If they are undocumented, yes. If they are an immigrant with citizenship, then no.
@8WP38Z42yrs2Y
Yes, but if it is as serious as murder
@8WNRNBZ2yrs2Y
No, that would just increase crime and cause problems in their home country.
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If they entered illegally.
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