House of Representatives passed new laws to combat illegal immigrants

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The US House of Representatives has taken the first steps toward fulfilling President Trump’s two key electoral promises by adopting bills to tighten penalties for illegal immigrants returning to the United States after deportation and to cut federal funding for refuge cities.

According to "Voice of AmericaLawmakers voted 257 to 167 to pass Kate's Law, named after 32-year-old Kate Stein, who was shot and killed in San Francisco in July 2015. Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez, who has a criminal record and has been deported from the country five times, is accused of murder.

The House of Representatives bill is tightening prison sentences for illegal immigrants returning to the United States after deportation.

In addition, the 228 House of Representatives voted against 195 and passed a law called “No shelters for criminals”, which does not allow refuge cities to receive federal grants and expands the powers of the federal government to enforce immigration laws.

Justice Bob Goodlatt, a member of the House of Representatives, said that these two bills would help to “avoid the tragic circumstances that are completely connected to people's lives,” writes NBC.

Trump welcomed the adoption of the first bill by posting on Twitter: “The good news is that the House of Representatives has just passed Law #Cate. Hopefully, the Senate will follow its lead. ”

In a statement issued after the vote, Trump called on the Senate to "submit these bills for review, accept them and send" to him for signature. "I urge all lawmakers to vote for these bills, saving the lives of Americans."

Now these bills will go to the Senate for approval. Previous versions of these bills in the Senate did not receive approval.

On Thursday, during a heated debate over bills in the House of Representatives, Republicans said they were voting in support of the law and order that the president had promised.

“President Trump is fighting immigrant criminals. The number of illegal border crossings has decreased, the number of arrests and deportations of immigrant criminals has increased, as the Americans demanded last November, ”said Tennessee Republican Scot Dejarle.

Democrats in the House of Representatives called the bills part of Trump's anti-immigration campaign and criticized them for not distinguishing between illegal immigrants who committed violent crimes and those who were not seen in the crimes.

National Security Secretary John Kelly said he commended Congress for its efforts to "eliminate the danger of refuge cities and illegal immigrant criminals."

“Enforcement is not selective, random or arbitrary, it is the law,” said spokesman David Lapan.

The Justice Department Inspector General identified California and major cities such as Chicago, New York and Philadelphia as cities that discourage local police and immigration officials from sharing information. Late April, the Trump administration warned nine jurisdictions that they may lose money if the services continue to cooperate.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who met with the families Thursday, said, "How many more Americans must die before we stop this madness?"

Rep. And Democrat Luis Gutierrez said the Keith Law would not have affected Stein's case, noting that Stein was killed in July 2015 by an immigrant who was wrongly released by the federal Bureau of Prisons.

The proposed legislation “would not have kept Kate Stein from being killed,” Gutierrez said. “Instead, we are voting for a bill that will put other people - in different circumstances - in prison for a longer period of time. Bait-and-switch strategy: use a terrible tragedy to sell policies that would not prevent that tragedy.”

Recall that yesterday, June 29, partially instilled ban on the entry into the US of residents of 6 countries.

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