145 House Democrats vote against bill to deport immigrants who commit sexual assault
More than 140 Democrats voted Thursday against a House bill to deport illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes.
The bill passed with a bipartisan vote of 274 to 145. All Republicans present supported the bill, while opposition was made up entirely of Democrats.
The bill was originally introduced by Republican Senator Nancy Mace in the 118th Congress, but was not adopted by the former Democratic-controlled Senate. At the time, 158 Democrats voted against the bill.
“Our country has been ravaged by the fear of illegal immigration…the violent rape of American women and girls,” Mace said during debate on the bill. “I know these heinous crimes leave lifelong scars that are irreversible. “
Elon Musk is one of the bill’s most ardent supporters, even calling for members who voted against it to lose their seats in the House.
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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries was one of the Democrats who voted against the bill. (Getty Images)
“No excuses. Please release a list of illegal persons who oppose this law and want convicted sex offenders to remain in the United States,” Musk wrote on X in response to a conservative influencer who discussed the bill. “They all need to be voted out of office. Every single one of them.”
In addition to deporting immigrants convicted of sex crimes, the legislation would also recognize that illegal immigrants who plead guilty to or are convicted of domestic violence or sex-related charges are barred from entering the United States.
But Democrats argued the bill would harm victims of domestic violence who resist their partners and expand the definition of domestic violence to include domestic violence, harming survivors.
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Republican Rep. Nancy Mace first introduced the bill in the 118th Congress (Countess Jemal/Getty Images Congressional Integrity Project)
During Thursday morning’s debate on the bill, progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said the bill “completely fails to meet the needs of the American people” and “broadens Donald Trump’s The path to Trump’s mass deportation plan”.
Jayapal said it would have a “chilling effect on reporting future crimes” and “enable abusers to go after immigrant women and children.”
“It never ceases to amaze me how the left defends their opposition to deporting rapists, pedophiles, and murderers who are in the country illegally,” Mace wrote on X during the bill debate.
Elon Musk supported the bill last year (Photo by Anna Chanmemaker/Getty Images)
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House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota and the No. 3 House Republican, also criticized Democrats who voted against the bill.
“House Democrats’ vote on HR 30 should be seen for what it is: putting criminal illegal immigration ahead of the safety and well-being of their constituents. It is unconscionable that we should have to pass legislation like this, let alone have members object to it.” Mer told Fox Digital News.
Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, one of the Republicans who voted for the bill, argued that the Biden administration’s border policies made it necessary and said the legislation would ” Ensure that any illegal immigrant who commits a sex crime or domestic violence offense is promptly detained and deported.
