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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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78%
Yes
22%
No
69%
Yes
13%
No
7%
Yes, as long as it is safe for them to return to their country
8%
No, only if they have entered the country illegally
2%
Yes, but after they have finished serving their sentence

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 @8T8RK7Sfrom Alberta  answered…5yrs5Y

It doesn't matter to me which prison they are in

 @8TJ4YV9from Ontario  answered…5yrs5Y

If they have family in Canada, no, let them serve time in Canada.

 @8SCG5FRfrom Ontario  answered…5yrs5Y

If they are a canadian citizen then no. They should be treated like any other citizen.

 @8SXBDSQfrom Ontario  answered…5yrs5Y

No, they should serve their sentence in Canada

 @8SYC4LCfrom Ontario  answered…5yrs5Y

If they have citizenship, they should serve their sentance as a Canadian in Canada.

 @8VHJHZ5from Alberta  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, but after they have finished serving their sentence and its safe to return to their home countrey

 @BF2F4GVfrom Ontario  answered…1wk1W

The crime matters. If they entered the country legally and, for some reason which could include financial, they commit a crime, we need to understand what we could have done to help them avoid that path. If it is more serious, then send them back.

 @BF2DPQMfrom British Columbia  answered…1wk1W

it depends on how serious the crime is (if its first degree murder then yes, but for other things it depends)

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2yrs2Y

Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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