Should immigrants be deported if they commit a serious crime?

Last answered 4 hours ago

Yes

273,541 votes

80%

No

69,652 votes

20%

Distribution of answers submitted by Liberal Democrats.

62%

Yes

7%

No

13%

Yes, as long as it is safe for them to return to their country

13%

No, only if they have entered the country illegally

5%

Yes, but after they have finished serving their sentence

3 Yes answers

2 No answers

0 overlapping answers

Data includes total votes submitted by visitors since Jan 6, 2017. For users that answer more than once (yes we know), only their most recent answer is counted in the total results. Total percentages may not add up to exactly 100% as we allow users to submit "grey area" stances that may not be categorised into yes/no stances.

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 Naturalization Service. Although Lopez-Sanchez had several outstanding warrants in 2015 authorities were unable to deport him due to San Francisco’s sanctuary city policy which prevents law enforcement officials from questioning a resident’s immigration status. Proponents of sanctuary city laws argue that they enable illegal immigrants to report crimes without the fear of being reported. Opponents argue that sanctuary city laws provide encourage illegal immigration and prevent law enforcement authorities from detaining and deporting criminals.  See recent criminal immigrants news