House Democrats oppose bill to deport illegals who commit sex crimes
House Democrats voted against a bill last week that would make illegal aliens inadmissible and deportable if they commit sex crimes or domestic violence.
The Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act, introduced this year by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), aims to “amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable.”
The bill would also make inadmissible any alien convicted of stalking, child abuse, child neglect, child abandonment, or violating a protection order.
No Republicans voted against the bill, which was passed. Fifty-one Democrats voted in favor of the legislation while 158 opposed it. It will now head to the Senate.
“158 Left-wing members of Congress just voted against deporting rapists, pedophiles and murderers of women and kids,” said Rep. Mace.
According to Mace, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas argued in September 2021 that “domestic violence shouldn’t be categorical grounds to apprehend and remove an illegal alien.”
California Democrats unanimously opposed similar bill
Currently, Democrat strongholds like California have sanctuary state laws that prohibit law enforcement from cooperating with immigration authorities. If an illegal alien is arrested for a sex crime, for example, local law enforcement is not allowed to inform US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials of the alien’s release date.
In May, Democrat legislators in California’s General Assembly unanimously voted "no" on AB 2641, which would have required local law enforcement to turn an illegal alien over to immigration authorities if he or she committed a sex crime.
California Assemblyman Bill Essayli was inspired to introduce the legislation after learning that an illegal Columbian pedophile was set free in California instead of being turned over to ICE.
In 2021, the 23-year-old Colombian man entered the United States illegally through the Mexican border with California. He traveled upstate to San Bernardino, where he was convicted of having sexual intercourse with a child more than three years younger than himself and “oral copulation of a person under 18.” He was sentenced to four years in prison, but released from custody after just 15 months.
When ICE officers asked prison authorities for the pedophile’s release date, the prison refused to provide it due to the state's sanctuary laws protecting illegal immigrants. ICE officials eventually caught up with the Colombian national in Boston and apprehended him.
“On an unknown date, the noncitizen sex offender from California was released from state custody,” said ICE in a press release after the apprehension. “Regarding this matter, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office was hampered in its ability to assist in the case, due to California state law limiting local law enforcement cooperation with ICE.”
