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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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 @9B33DRDfrom Ontario  answered…2yrs2Y

Only if they have not achieved citizenship.

 @8VRTGD5from Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Depends if they have full citizenship or not

 @8VJB7QJfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

They should be tried in court and put in jail like any other citizen

 @8TK67HKLiberalfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

No, they should serve time in jail as Canadian born citizens would

 @8SYLG33from Nova Scotia  answered…4yrs4Y

No, only if they have entered illegal unless it is unsafe to return to their country

 @8STS6P6from Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

It depends on the crime...

 @8PZDRSHfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Case by case basis to be determined in a court of law

 @8PRVVJTfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

It depends on how harsh the crime is

 @8PKCWBBfrom Nova Scotia  answered…4yrs4Y

Only if it would be safe for them to return

 @8PJFZL3from Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Honestly it just depends, there’s always two sides to a story

 @8P5RSMFfrom British Columbia  answered…4yrs4Y

No, they should be put in jail in canada

 @8JSV5TLfrom British Columbia  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, if they were recent immigrants

 @99JXCT5Liberalfrom Alberta  answered…2yrs2Y

I think they should just be given a life sentence no need to deport them u don’t know how there country is

 @98XJ7KQfrom Ontario  answered…2yrs2Y

It depends on how long they've been in the country. Some people came here from a very young age and are a product of Canada's environment and not their country of origin.

 @9863HW4from Manitoba  answered…2yrs2Y

Did the person steal a candy bar or a child? There’s a difference

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…5mos5MO

Kamala Harris is considering running for president again in 2028

Kamala Harris has been lying low since her defeat in the presidential race, unwinding with family and senior aides in Hawaii before heading back to the nation’s capital.But privately, the vice president has been instructing advisers and allies to keep her options open — whether for a possible 2028 presidential run, or even to run for governor in her home state of California in two years. As Harris has repeated in phone calls, “I am staying in the fight.”She is expected to explore those and other possible paths forward with family members over the winter holiday season, according to five people in the Harris inner circle, who were granted anonymity to discuss internal dynamics. Her deliberations follow an extraordinary four months in which Harris went from President Joe Biden’s running mate to the top of the ticket, reenergizing Democrats before ultimately crashing on election night.“She doesn’t have to decide if she wants to run for something again in the next six months,” said one former Harris campaign aide. “The natural thing to do would be to set up some type of entity that would give her the opportunity to travel and give speeches and preserve her political relationships.”“She doesn’t have to decide if she wants to run for something again in the next six months,” said one former Harris campaign aide. “The natural thing to do would be to set up some type of entity that would give her the opportunity to travel and give speeches and preserve her political relationships.”Harris concedes: 'We must accept the results of this election'SharePlay VideoMost immediately, Harris and her advisers are working to define how and when she will speak out against Donald Trump and reassert her own role in the Democratic Party. Closing out her term as vice president, she’s set to preside over certifying the November election she lost to Trump, and then appear at the once-and-future president’s inauguration on Jan. 20.“There will be a desire to hear her voice, and there won’t be a vacuum for long,” a person close to Harris said.At the same time, Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, will have a long checklist to plow through before they leave the Naval Observatory for good.They have to decide whether they’ll take up permanent residence at their home in Los Angeles, or establish a base elsewhere. No matter where Harris and her family live, some around her have expressed concerns about safety, as her Secret Service protection expires six months after stepping away.

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