Kate’s Law, supported by then Fox News Anchor Bill O’Reilly, imposes a two-year prison sentence on illegals who have been deported or denied admission to the U. S
WASHINGTON, June 29,2017 – Kate’s Law, named after Kate Steinle the 32-year-old women shot by an illegal immigrant while walking along a waterfront pier in San Francisco has passed. When she was shot, the young woman fell to the pier, saying “Help me, Dad” as the bullet that pierced her aorta killed her.
Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, a Mexican national with seven felony convictions and who had been deported five times but had returned to the United States, killed Miss Steinle. Lopez-Sanchez had just finished a nearly four-year federal prison sentence for illegally reentering the country. Prior to killing Steinle, Lopez-Sanchez had been in the custody of San Francisco law enforcement officials. Because local authorities released him, despite a federal immigration request to keep him in custody due to his undocumented status.
Because local authorities released him, despite a federal immigration request to keep him in custody due to his undocumented status.
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In late spring, freed from custody and in San Francisco, Lopez-Sanches stole a .40-caliber pistol from an unlocked car belonging to U. S. Bureau of Land Management office, leading to his shooting Steinle at Pier 14 two years ago by a repeat felon who had been deported several times before illegal reentry.
Kate’s Law would incrementally lengthen prison stays for deported criminal immigrants each time they re-entered the country illegally.
“This initiative will toughen penalties for illegal immigrants who repeatedly re-enter the country, ” House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said at a press conference Thursday morning.
The killing of Steinle at the hands of a man who wasn’ t supposed to be in the country but was allowed to be free in the sanctuary city of San Francisco intensified an already volatile debate over immigration and localities that refuse to hand over immigrants for deportation to federal officials.
Kate Steinle’s death continues to be at the center of the immigration policy debate among politicians who demand that local jurisdiction enforce federal laws. The very untimely death of Steinle was a major policy weapon for politicians seeking tougher immigration policies.
The House on Thursday approved what would be the stiffest immigration crackdown in more than two decades, passing bills in a 257-167 vote, including support from two dozen Democrats.
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The anti-sanctuary city bill, the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, was also passed. This will guarantee local police the ability to work with immigration agents, stopping lawsuits against local jurisdictions that cooperate with Homeland Security. That bill was approved on a near party-line vote, 228-195.
That bill was approved on a near party-line vote, 228-195.
Kate’s Law was heavily supported by then Fox News Anchor Bill O’ Reilly who often called for a bi-partisan effort to pass the bill.
The passing of the bill is seen as another win for President Trump who gave victims of illegal immigrant crimes an unprecedented platform in a debate that too often centered on the plight of the illegal alien, not the victim.
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