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Committee approves Stop Illegal Entry Act, advancing tougher penalties for repeat illegal reentry
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to report H.R.3486, the Stop Illegal Entry Act, advancing a measure that raises penalties and creates mandatory minimums in certain cases of illegal entry and repeat reentry.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to report H.R.3486, the Stop Illegal Entry Act, after adopting an amendment in the nature of a substitute. The bill’s sponsor, Representative Andy Knott, said the measure targets repeat criminal aliens who reenter the United States after deportation and would raise maximum penalties and create mandatory minimums for certain repeat reentries and convictions.
Knott said his experience as a federal prosecutor showed deportation alone was not deterring “committed criminals” who "continue to illegally return with the intent to commit crime here in the United States." He described provisions that would increase the statutory maximum for most illegal reentry offenses and create mandatory minimum…
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