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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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 @B39YWLPLiberalfrom Alberta  answered…2mos2MO

This question doesn't really make sense because why are we deporting only immigrants that commit a serious crime? Does this not tie into some sort of racism? If the crime committed involved murder or arson, then yes I suppose. If not, then what's the point of deporting them? If it's something like stealing then no. And if they are then they should be able to return to their country with no questions asked.

 @9ZZ37MKConservativefrom Alberta  answered…4mos4MO

Yes, regardless of if their country of origin is a country with a bad human rights history should of thought about that before committing a violent offence

 @8VSDVY2New Democraticfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

If they are a Canadian citizen treat them as one. If they aren’t a Canadian citizen yet and they commit a very serious crime it should potentially be considered apart of their sentence in certain cases

 @8VLNYDMfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

They should be sentenced in Canada

 @8VBDLW7from Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

If the immigrant is a citizen then no - he should be treated like every other person.

 @8V2RRN3from Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Only if they are not Canadian Citizens

 @8TD635GLiberalfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

They shouldn't be deported, they should be treated as any other Canadian citizen and receive the appropriate punishment for the offense committed.

 @8RFPK6XPeople’sfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, if they aren’t Canadians yet.

 @8TZ6MHVfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

No if they have become Canadiancitizens. If they are not yet citizens, Yes, after they have completed their sentence,.

 @B36RQXTfrom Alberta  answered…2mos2MO

if your going to a country to commit crimes you should be sent back to where you came from because you'd be a danger to security wherever you are

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