145 House Dems vote against bill to deport migrants who commit sexual assault

[Dead2009]

145 House Dems vote against bill to deport migrants who commit sexual assault

A bill to deport illegal immigrants accused of sexual assault or domestic violence passed the House on Thursday.

www.foxnews.com

More than 140 Democrats voted against a House bill to deport illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes on Thursday.

The legislation passed along bipartisan lines in a 274 to 145 vote. All present Republicans supported the bill, while the opposition was all made up of Democratic lawmakers.

The bill was first introduced by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., in the 118th Congress but was not taken up by the formerly Democrat-controlled Senate. At the time, 158 Democrats voted against the bill.

"Our country has been ravaged by a horror of illegal immigrants…violently raping American women and girls," Mace said during debate on the bill. "I know the lifelong scars, the irreversible scars, these heinous crimes leave behind."

Elon Musk has notably been among the bill’s most ardent supporters, even calling for lawmakers who voted against it to lose their House seats.

"There is no excuse. Please post the list of people who opposed this law and want to keep illegals who are convicted sex offenders in America," Musk wrote on X in response to a conservative influencer discussing the bill. "They all need to be voted out of office. Every one of them."

In addition to deporting immigrants convicted of sex crimes, the legislation would also deem illegal immigrants who admit to domestic violence or sex-related charges — or are convicted of them — to be inadmissible in the U.S.

However, Democrats argued the bill would harm domestic abuse victims who fight back against their partners and broaden the definition of domestic violence to the detriment of survivors.

 

[KO896]

I don't understand their thinking and why they won't label people as criminals when they commit crimes....as well as having fitting punishments be handed out. I'm so glad that they won't be in control for the next 4 years.

 

[Dead2009]

I don't understand their thinking and why they won't label people as criminals when they commit crimes....as well as having fitting punishments be handed out. I'm so glad that they won't be in control for the next 4 years.

Theyre in favor of those illegals voting for them, that's why. If you're a convicted felon in the US, you can't vote.

 

[Webster]

If you're a convicted felon in the US, you can't vote

That's pretty much true in a couple states - Tennessee, Florida and Mississippi - but in the rest usually you have to have completed your sentence (including either parole/probation) before you get the franchise back.

That said, this is yet another reason why people voted for Trump and/or Republicans this past November.