In Los Angeles County. it has been estimated that more than 10 percent of the inmates in the county jails were in the United States illegally at the time of their arrest. This amendment attempts to address the criminalalien problem by incorporating many of the provisions of the neighborhood Security Act. the anticrime bill that Senate Republicans introduced last August. For example. the amendment would streamline the deportation procedures for illegal aliens convicted of an aggravated felony by allowing a deportation order to be carried out immediately upon the completion of the prison sentence. The amendment would also authorize Federal trial judges to issue a deportation order at the sentencing hearing. Prior to the issuance of the order. the trial judge must obtain the concurrence of the commissioner of the INS. Both of these provisions are designed to ensure that. once they have served out their sentences. criminal aliens will return to their country of origin. rather than return to the streets of our country to ccsnmit acts of violence once again. In addition. the amendment increases the penalties for criminal aliens who reenter the United States after being deported. Ar aggravated felon who reenters the United St.tes after being deported would be subject to a maximum prison term of 20 years. up from the current term of 15 years. An alien convicted of a less serious felony would be subject to a maximum prison term of 10 years. up from the current term of 5 years. Finally. the amendment provides $13 million in funding for a criminal alien tracking center that is designed to help Federal.
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