In loving memory of Kathryn Steinle,
we will not forget her and remember her. We are also grateful that the House of
Representatives approved a pair of closely-watched immigration bill, including
‘Kate’s Law,’ which mandates tougher penalties for felons attempting to
re-enter the U.S. illegally.
We always support victims’ rights and any anti-crime law.
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House passes
Kate’s Law, as part of illegal immigrant crackdown
Published June 29, 2017
House
Republicans took action Thursday to crack down on illegal immigrants and the
cities that shelter them.
One bill
passed by the House would deny federal grants to sanctuary cities and another,
Kate’s Law, would increase the penalties for deported aliens who try to return
to the United States.
Kate's Law,
which would increase the penalties for deported aliens who try to return
to the United States and caught, passed with a vote of 257 to 157, with one
Republican voting no and 24 Democrats voting yes.
Kate's Law is
named for Kate Steinle, a San Francisco woman killed by an illegal immigrant
who was in the U.S. despite multiple deportations. The two-year anniversary of
her death is on Saturday.
President
Trump called the bill's passage "good news" in a tweet, adding
"House just passed #KatesLaw. Hopefully Senate will follow."
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We're calling on all
members of Congress to honor grieving American families by passing the No Sanctuary
for Criminals Act and Kate’s Law. It is time to save American lives. - Donald J. Trump
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“He should not have been here,
and she should not have died,”
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday, in a final push for Kate’s Law, an
earlier version of which was blocked in the Senate last year.
“Our job here is to make sure that those
professionals have the tools that they need and the resources that they need to
carry out their work and to protect our communities. That is what these
measures are all about,” added
Ryan.
The other bill, which would deny federal grants
to sanctuary cities, passed with a vote of 228-195 with 3 Democrats
voting yes and 7 Republicans voting no.
The brutal murder of Steinle catapulted
the issue of illegal criminal aliens into the national spotlight. Alleged
shooter Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez had been deported five times and had
seven felony convictions.
On Wednesday, President Trump highlighted other
cases during a White House meeting with more than a dozen families of people
who had been victimized by illegal immigrants, including Jamiel Shaw Sr.
Shaw’s 17-year-old son Jamiel was shot and killed
by an illegal immigrant in California in March 2008..
“He was living the dream," Shaw said during the meeting. "That was squashed out.”
The second measure, "No Sanctuary for
Criminals Act," would cut federal grants to states and “sanctuary cities”
that refuse to cooperate with law enforcement carrying out immigration
enforcement activities.
“The word 'sanctuary' calls to mind someplace safe,
but too often for families and victims affected by illegal immigrant crime,
sanctuary cities are anything but safe,” Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly
asserted in the pre-vote press conference.
“It is beyond my comprehension why federal state
and local officials ... would actively discourage or outright prevent law
enforcement agencies from upholding the laws of the United States,” he added.
While gaining support in the Senate for similar
legislation will be a tough road, Trump called for Congress to act quickly.
Trump called on the House and the Senate to “to
honor grieving American families” by approving a “package of truly key
immigration enforcement bills” so that he could sign them into law.
“I promise you, it will be done quickly. You
don't have to wait the mandatory period. It will be very quick,” promised Trump.
Earlier on Wednesday, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement Director Thomas D. Homan and U.S. Attorney for Utah John W. Huber
made their case for the bills during the White House press briefing.
Huber said 40 percent of Utah’s current felony
caseload involves criminal alien prosecutions and the number is increasing.
The bills, Huber asserted, would “advance the ball for law enforcement in
keeping our communities safe” and “would give officers and prosecutors more
tools to protect the public.
Many immigration rights groups have characterized
efforts to crack down on sanctuary cities as “anti-immigrant,” but Attorney
General Jeff Sessions says it is not sound policy to allow sanctuary cities to
flout federal immigration laws.
According to Homan, ICE already has arrested nearly
66,000 individuals this year that were either known or suspected to be in the
country illegally. Of those arrested, 48,000 were convicted criminal aliens.
“The practices of these jurisdictions are not only
contrary to sound policy; they’re contrary to the law enforcement cooperation
that is carried out every day in our country and is essential to public
safety,” Sessions wrote in
a Fox News op-ed backing the bills.
Fox News' Chad Pergram and The Associated Press
contributed to this report.
INTERNET SOURCE: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/29/house-passes-kate-s-law-as-part-illegal-immigrant-crackdown.html
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Today I voted in favor
of legislation that strengthens public safety by combating sanctuary city
policies. Our federal immigration laws are designed to keep criminals and
wrong-doers from carrying out acts of violence in our communities but for those
laws to work, they have to be enforced. Unfortunately, local governments across
the country have endangered the safety and well-being of their citizens
by adopting policies that thwart federal law enforcement and protect
criminals—criminals like the one responsible for the death of 32-year-old Kate
Steinle in San Francisco and the one responsible for the death of 21-year-old
Sarah Root. This legislation makes important reforms that will close the gaps
that have allowed the unthinkable to happen, and I’m proud to support it. - Rep. Jack Bergman
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