I wonder how many Democrats will vote against this, like they did with the bill to deport the illegals/migrants convicted of sexual assault, which still hasn’t gotten a vote in the Senate. This bill is slightly different from that one
More than 15,000 illegal immigrants with sexual assault convictions are roaming the US — and a new Republican-backed bill would force ICE to track them down and deport them.
The bill — titled the “Be Gone Act” — comes after the acting chief of Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealed to Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) last week that the US has more than 600,000 migrants with criminal convictions.
The figure includes both those who were allowed in despite committing crimes in their home countries and migrants who were convicted here.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) introduced the bill Tuesday to expedite the deportations of illegal migrants convicted of sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence, according to the text of the bill, which was first obtained by The Post.
“These violent criminals never would have entered America in the first place if we had real border security, but now that they’re in our communities, they need to BE GONE,” said Ernst in a statement shared with The Post.
“Since Border Czar Kamala Harris won’t protect this country, then I will. My legislation will combat sexual violence by ensuring predators are identified, stopped, and deported,” she added.
It is not clear how many of the 15,000 convicted migrants entered the US under the Biden-Harris administration, when illegal border crossings hit record levels and the feds were forced to release unprecedented numbers of them into the US with little or no vetting.
They’re here. They’re roaming around the U.S., possibly assaulting women and children still. They shouldn’t be here, and any caught at the border should have been vetted before being released, and convictions for crimes are immediate disqualifiers for entry, even after an asylum declaration. But, because the border was mostly open, we have 15K here. Don’t forget, sanctuary jurisdictions do not report to ICE when they catch an illegal, nor release to ICE without a warrant.
It’s time to control our borders and at least boot out those with criminal records.
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