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House votes to deport illegal immigrant gang members over Democratic objections
2017-09-15
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday aimed at keeping illegal immigrants colonists out of the U.S. if they are members of criminal gangs.

The Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act passed in a 233-175 vote, and was backed largely by GOP politicians, and opposed by most Democrats. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Barbara Comstock. R-Va.

The bill would require illegal immigrants colonists in gangs to be detained and deported, and ensures that gang members are not able to receive immigration benefits, including asylum, special immigrant juvenile status or temporary protected status.

"It will provide additional tools to law enforcement that will ensure that when [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] positively identifies a known alien gang member, they may act immediately," Comstock said on the House floor. "We don't have to wait until these brutal killers wield their machetes or leave another body on a children's playground."

Comstock's Northern Virginia district is home to members of the MS-13 gang, which has been responsible for eight deaths in the district since November, according to the congresswoman.

Reps. Peter King
...U.S. Representative for New York's 3rd (central Long Island) congressional district, serving since 1993. He is of the Publican persuasion and is known for his active support for the IRA Irish republican movement...
, R-N.Y., Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, and Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., were also key backers of the legislation.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., an opponent of the bill, argued that the bill could have unintended consequences, including the potential targeting of religious groups who harbor illegal immigrants colonists against deportation. She also warned that the Department of Homeland Security would have expanded authority to crack down on what the bill wrongfully allows to be thought of as a gang.
Posted by:Fred

#10  Rino Senate will kill.
Posted by: Regular joe   2017-09-15 18:45  

#9  does that mean that illegal aliens who are not known to be gang members can still get a free college education off my taxes?

Only if carrying Indonesian passports and sired by a deceased alcoholic Kenyan father.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-09-15 14:02  

#8   does that mean that illegal aliens who are not known to be gang members can still get a free college education off my taxes?

Mr. Soetoro was curiously unavailable for comment.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-09-15 11:25  

#7  If illegal alien gang members will not receive benefits, does that mean that illegal aliens who are not known to be gang members can still get a free college education off my taxes?
Posted by: Bobby   2017-09-15 10:44  

#6  Deport them via Trebuchet!
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-09-15 09:23  

#5  If 11 million illegal aliens will help our economy, why didn't they help their own economy?
~ Author unknown.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-09-15 08:41  

#4  Gangs? What gangs?

Portland police reportedly scrap gang database over fear of labels

Posted by: Snomble Throluter4608   2017-09-15 07:32  

#3  Zoe Lofgren is a communist fool
Posted by: Frank G   2017-09-15 07:07  

#2  Children, they are only CHILDREN !
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-09-15 05:37  

#1  There goes a bunch of Dem voters.
Posted by: Raj   2017-09-15 03:05  

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