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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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 @B2VDNWTNew Democraticfrom Alberta  answered…2mos2MO

depends based on their immigration status at the time of their offence. If they're permanent residents or citizens, they should not be deported.

 @9F7WWLJfrom Alberta  answered…2yrs2Y

Only if they have been in Canada for less than a year

 @9KVF23Bfrom Alberta  answered…1yr1Y

If they commited a serious crime in Canada, they should serve a longer prison sentence in return for not being deported. However, if they commited one in another country and then came to Canada, they should serve prison time in both countries.

 @8ZMJWMPfrom Alberta  answered…3yrs3Y

No, they should be subject to the same rights as everyone else. The country in which they were born may not be safe AND they may have been only born there but raised here and don't even know the language so that isn't fair.

 @8VGQYP8from Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Depends on the serious crime committed

 @8V248LZfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Depends on how long they have been within the country.

 @8RJQ3LZfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Immigrants guilty of treason or acts of terrorism should be deported

 @8NY4LBZfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Only until they are Canadian citizens

 @8CS7JYBfrom Alberta  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, illegal immigrants should be deported and returned to their country, and those legal immigrants that commit a serious crime should serve the sentence appropriate for the crime, and should that same immigrant commit a second serious crime they should be deported back to their home country.

 @8TWDTHBConservativefrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but only if they aren't citizens.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…5mos5MO

Kamala Harris is considering running for president again in 2028

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