58 Dems vote against bill to deport illegal immigrants who commit sex crimes
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58 Dems vote against bill to deport illegal immigrants who commit sex crimes
Rep. Nancy Mace introduced the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act earlier this year By Elizabeth Elkind Fox News Published September 18, 2024 6:38pm EDT
More than 150 House Democrats voted against a bill that would deport illegal immigrants convicted of a sexual offense or conspiracy to commit such a crime.
The Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act passed the House of Representatives along bipartisan lines on Wednesday. All present Republicans voted for the bill, as did 51 Democratic lawmakers. The measure passed 266 to 158.
Among the Democrats who voted for the bill are Reps. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska; Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez, D-Wash.; Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla.; and Hillary Scholten, D-Mich.
Two of the Democrats who voted for it are seeking higher office — Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., is running for Senate, and Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., is running for governor.
In addition to deporting migrants 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.
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It’s part of a wider legislative push by the House GOP to spotlight issues stemming from the border crisis, which has for months affected cities and states across the country.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., told Fox News Digital hours before the vote that she "100%" anticipated Democrats voting against her bill.
"If you vote against it, you're sexist against women," Mace declared.
"I mean, truly, because we're talking about illegals who are here who are committing domestic violence, rape and murder on women and children — they’ve gotta go. They shouldn't be allowed into our country."
GERMANY CLAMPS DOWN ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AS COUNTRY FORCED TO RETHINK POLICIES AMID VOTER ANGER
Nancy Mace speaks on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., introduced the bill earlier this year. (Reuters/Mike Segar)
Democrats have panned the bill as xenophobic, however.
"Here we are again, debating another partisan bill that fear mongers about immigrants, instead of working together to fix the immigration system," Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said during debate on the bill.
"I probably shouldn't be too surprised. Scapegoating immigrants and attempting to weaponize the crime of domestic violence is appearing to be a time-honored tradition for Republicans."
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has put a heavy emphasis on the border crisis. (Getty Images)
Despite the wider push back, however, GOP efforts to highlight the border crisis have gotten modest Democratic support.
House Republicans previously passed a bill to detain and deport migrants convicted of assaulting law enforcement with the help of 54 Democrats — while 148 lawmakers voted against the measure.
Meanwhile, the GOP-backed Laken Riley Act, named after an Augusta University nursing student who was allegedly killed by an illegal immigrant, netted support from 37 House Democrats.
158 Dems vote against bill to deport illegal immigrants who commit sex crimes
The House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at deporting illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes and deeming them inadmissible to the U.S.www.foxnews.com
H.R. 7909 is an overly broad bill and so poorly drafted that it would result in extremely harsh consequences, including the deportation or removal of survivors of domestic violence. It solves no real problems with the immigration system. Sexual assault and domestic violence are serious offenses—and if this bill fixed some hole in current law, it might be worthy of support. Instead, this legislation is just another excuse for the Majority to engage in fearmongering and further its extreme anti-immigrant agenda.
No additional dangerous offenders would face immigration consequences as a result of this bill because all serious sexual offenses already render someone deportable under current law. This bill renders deportable those convicted of ‘‘sexual offenses’’ (which is defined as ‘‘a criminal offense that has an element involving a sexual act or sexual contact with another’’). But under current law, someone who is convicted of an aggravated felony, which includes rape, sexual abuse of a minor or a crime of violence (any ‘‘offense that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person’’) is already deportable.
Additionally, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, a non-citizen who is convicted of a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude, or a ‘‘CIMT,’’ is already subject to removal. As a result, people who are convicted of any crime where there is intent to cause bodily harm like sexual assaults, are likewise already deportable. Additionally, the inadmissibility grounds for a CIMT are even broader, as one can be deemed inadmissible by either being convicted of, or admitting to, acts that constitute a CIMT. Thus, the sexual offenses in the inadmissibility and deportability sections of the bill are largely redundant.
The more significant concerns with this bill arise with the sections related to domestic violence. Under current law, people can be deportable if they are convicted of domestic violence as defined under Title 18 of the U.S. Code and can be deemed inadmissible if they commit the acts or are convicted of a CIMT where the domestic violence offense has intent to cause bodily harm. The crime of domestic violence, therefore, is well covered by current law.
However, this bill attempts to significantly expand the definition of domestic violence to include the Violence aginst Women Act (VAWA) definition that is used for grants and funding. The definition for domestic violence under Title 18, which is what is currently used for deportability purposes, focuses on physical force. This broader VAWA-based definition will lead to more people being ineligible for immigration status or subject to deportation because it will sweep in a broader range of behaviors, including criminal charges where there might be any coercive actions, including economic coercion and coercive control. Unconscionably, this will likely implicate survivors who have used violence in self-defense, or who were accused by their abusers and were either unable to defend
themselves or pled guilty to avoid having to go through the court process.
The VAWA definition was never intended to be used as a crimnal statute or to capture only criminal behavior. We know this because the statute specifically says it includes ‘‘a pattern of any other coercive behavior committed, enabled, or solicited to gain or maintain power and control over a victim, including verbal, psycho-logical, economic, or technological abuse that may or may not constitute criminal behavior.’’
The new immigration consequences will likely also create a chilling effect amongst immigrant communities with regard to the reporting of crimes of domestic violence. Further, this bill attempts to create a new specific ground of inadmissibility for domestic violence which does not require a conviction and does not have any of the exceptions that currently exist in the deportability grounds. Under current law, even if an individual is convicted of domestic violence, there are exceptions to deportation if the government finds that the individual is not the primary perpetrator and was acting in self-defense or if the crime did not result in serious bodily injury.
While domestic violence advocates have concerns about the effectiveness of these waivers, such
waivers are not even an option in the new inadmissibility grounds, which means it will certainly lead to survivors being deemed inadmissible, given the expansive definition and no conviction requirement. At markup, JERROLD NADLER, offered an amendment to address these issues by removing the VAWA definition of domestic violence, and applying the waivers that exist in current law to the new grounds of inadmissibility created by this law. The amendment also ensured that the ill conceived expansion of current law in the bill did not apply retroactively. Unfortunately, Republicans defeated the amendment on a party line vote.
This bill is a very serious and broad expansion of current law, It does not fix the problems in our immigration system and instead would result in extremely harsh consequences, including the deportation or removal of survivors of domestic violence. That is why nearly 180 National and State organizations that advocate on behalf of victims of domestic violence and sexual assault oppose this.
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How do expect leftists to fuck America up the ass if they don't flood the country with illegals.58 Dems vote against bill to deport illegal immigrants who commit sex crimes
Rep. Nancy Mace introduced the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act earlier this year
By Elizabeth Elkind Fox News
Published September 18, 2024 6:38pm EDT
More than 150 House Democrats voted against a bill that would deport illegal immigrants convicted of a sexual offense or conspiracy to commit such a crime.
The Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act passed the House of Representatives along bipartisan lines on Wednesday. All present Republicans voted for the bill, as did 51 Democratic lawmakers. The measure passed 266 to 158.
Among the Democrats who voted for the bill are Reps. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska; Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez, D-Wash.; Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla.; and Hillary Scholten, D-Mich.
Two of the Democrats who voted for it are seeking higher office — Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., is running for Senate, and Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., is running for governor.
In addition to deporting migrants 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.
EX-BORDER CHIEF WARNS OF 'SIGNIFICANT THREAT' AS MIGRANT NUMBERS SKYROCKET: 'ENTIRE SECTORS' MISSING AGENTS
US Capitol
It’s part of a wider legislative push by the House GOP to spotlight issues stemming from the border crisis, which has for months affected cities and states across the country.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., told Fox News Digital hours before the vote that she "100%" anticipated Democrats voting against her bill.
"If you vote against it, you're sexist against women," Mace declared.
"I mean, truly, because we're talking about illegals who are here who are committing domestic violence, rape and murder on women and children — they’ve gotta go. They shouldn't be allowed into our country."
GERMANY CLAMPS DOWN ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AS COUNTRY FORCED TO RETHINK POLICIES AMID VOTER ANGER
Nancy Mace speaks on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., introduced the bill earlier this year. (Reuters/Mike Segar)
Democrats have panned the bill as xenophobic, however.
"Here we are again, debating another partisan bill that fear mongers about immigrants, instead of working together to fix the immigration system," Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said during debate on the bill.
"I probably shouldn't be too surprised. Scapegoating immigrants and attempting to weaponize the crime of domestic violence is appearing to be a time-honored tradition for Republicans."
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has put a heavy emphasis on the border crisis. (Getty Images)
Despite the wider push back, however, GOP efforts to highlight the border crisis have gotten modest Democratic support.
House Republicans previously passed a bill to detain and deport migrants convicted of assaulting law enforcement with the help of 54 Democrats — while 148 lawmakers voted against the measure.
Meanwhile, the GOP-backed Laken Riley Act, named after an Augusta University nursing student who was allegedly killed by an illegal immigrant, netted support from 37 House Democrats.
158 Dems vote against bill to deport illegal immigrants who commit sex crimes
The House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at deporting illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes and deeming them inadmissible to the U.S.
Part of the problem I think is Republicans see this as a political issue but it's not a political issue with leftists. This is a cultural issue to them. Leftists think America is a systemically racist country supposedly operated by the white European patriarchy. Obama bin laden said he wanted to fundamentally change America. Trump is the speed bump.
Ask yourself this question if America is fundamentally changed from a country supposedly operated by the white European patriarchy who and what will operate it?
Is that the chinese spy that worked for Democrat Sen Feinstein, the one in the CIA, the Democrat NY governor's aide, or the one Democrat Eric Swallowell was screwing?Earl, you schmuck-- what do you think of CIA serial rapists ?
Haw, haw..........................................haw.
