In 2015 the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2015 (Kate’s Law.) The law was introduced after San Francisco 32 year old San Francisco resident Kathryn Steinle was shot and killed by Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez on July 1, 2015. Lopez-Sanchez was an illegal immigrant from Mexico who had been deported on five separate occasions since 1991 and been charged with seven felony convictions. Since 1991 Lopez-Sanchez had been charged with seven felony convictions and deported five times by the U.S. Immigration and Naturaliza…
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Response rates from 645 3220 voters.
84% Yes |
16% No |
73% Yes |
11% No |
10% Yes, as long as it is safe for them to return to their country |
4% No, only if they have entered the country illegally |
2% Yes, but after they have finished serving their sentence |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 645 3220 voters.
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Unique answers from 3220 voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@8WSHQ8M3yrs3Y
No, but they should be served a sentence within this country.
@B2WNKZ64 days4D
This should not be subject to Ministerial discretion. If the immigrant has citizenship, no. Should only occur as an option for heinous crimes and as sentence option for judge.
@B2WGS2X5 days5D
No, permanent residents and naturalised citizens should never be deported. They should answer for their crimes as any other Australian.
@B2W6N566 days6D
Depends on the crime and if they are a danger to society, if they have committed first degree murder or sexual violence
@B2Q8GMD2wks2W
What is an immigrant? Temporary visa, then yes they should be deported. Permanent resident, then no they should not be.
@9ZM933G3mos3MO
Any crime from a foreigner that involves making an Australian a victim of any sort, serious or not should be up for instant deportment, no questions asked and if they have family .. well family can leave with them or accept that the way it is when you break our laws. No soft treatment for foreign criminals, ands we should be wasting tax payers money housing and feeding them in our prisons.
@9ZL6WJ73mos3MO
Yes but only if the offender is not married to an Australian citizen by birth or has developed a family in the country, their country is safe to return to.
@9YL3RSC3mos3MO
Only relevant to serious crimes which do not uphold the standard and ethics of our country and citizenship. And not to a dangerous country or place.
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