Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this bill. The bill
is part of a larger mass deportation bill marked up by the House
Judiciary Committee earlier this month. I think the message it is
intended to convey is that this bill is needed to keep us safe. We have heard the sad story of the murder of Kate Steinle, which was
not news to any of us in northern California. That was a horrible
murder, and the fact is, this bill would not have prevented that
murder. The offender had been deported multiple times. He had served 16
years in Federal prison, so the idea that the 10-year enhancement would
have somehow fixed this is just misplaced. When we talk about the bill, it is as if we don't have harsh
penalties now for misbehavior in the law.
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