House to vote on immigration bills next week

House Republicans are preparing to take up a pair of bills next week that crack down on illegal immigration, according to leadership sources, in a bid to carry out President Donald Trump's promise of tougher enforcement.

One of the bills to see a floor vote, dubbed Kate's Law, boosts penalties for immigrants who try to re-enter the United States after being deported. It is named after Kate Steinle, a young woman who was shot and killed in San Francisco by an immigrant who had been deported repeatedly yet returned. Trump frequently discussed the killing on the campaign trail last year.

The second is legislation that goes after so-called sanctuary cities — localities that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, including by refusing to hold an immigrant in jail longer just so federal officials can pick him or her up to be deported. Sanctuary cities, usually liberal jurisdictions such as New York, have also been a major Trump target.

The "No Sanctuaries for Criminals Act" would toughen penalties for sanctuary cities in multiple ways. For example, it would require that cities and counties comply with orders from federal immigration officials, such as "detainers" that keep immigrants in jail so they can be picked up for deportation. It would also bar Homeland Security and Justice Department grants from sanctuary cities that don't

The legislation, written by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), also expands mandatory detention policies to cover immigrants with drunken driving violations and those who have had their visa revoked.

"The House Judiciary Committee is working to improve our nation’s immigration laws and policy, and today I have introduced two, straightforward bills to enhance public safety," Goodlatte said in a statement Friday. "We owe it to the families of those who lost loved ones to take action to prevent these horrible crimes. They have waited far too long.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...se-vote-239897

I believe immigration related bills required 60 votes in the senate so hopefully this doesn't pss

They can pass it if they offer legal status for DACA in exchange (:

For Kate's Law, what does boost penalty consist of?

Attach RAC Act and a resolution to deprioritize immigrants who are not threats to the country!!

I hope she is resting in peace because her name and legacy sure are now forever enfused with a whirlwind of national politics, hypocrisy and convenience by right wingers.

There is so much to digest in that particular case, but I don't think I can today. Maybe some other time. All you have to do is ask the right questions.

How come they can vote on this, but they can't get RACA and Enlist up.

Because republicans want to see violent undocumented criminals who re-enter the county after being deported punished. They want to punish sanctuary cities. They want to see all of this before even considering relief for non-violent undocumented people already in the US.

Are Dems just gonna let GOP walk all over them?!

yes they do it all the time thats why they lose so damn much. dems gotta fight dirty like the GOP, gotta stop being nice all the time!!!