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…
Read moreResponse rates from 215k New Zealand voters.
91% Yes |
9% No |
84% Yes |
5% No |
5% Yes, as long as it is safe for them to return to their country |
3% 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 215k New Zealand voters.
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Unique answers from New Zealand voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9LYP3L56mos6MO
Depends on how serious the crime, the justice system can be cruel and unfair to those who are a minority. I feel there should be a very clear line of what is deemed serious enough. For example murder.
@9J78RN2 10mos10MO
Flags ups unions stop children hurts crimes with the right resources including more upsides and down low Maori and Pacific Landers and chime over crimes and violence videos Chinese New beyond Landers
@9DQR9YC1yr1Y
Level of seriousness, safety and inpact on family needs to be considered from a human rights lens so families are not sperated
@9DP9ZDK1yr1Y
I believe that if the sentence is less than 12 months they should be allowed to return to their normal and not be deported
@9DNBJ6L1yr1Y
Taken on a case by case basis
@9DMQ2C81yr1Y
Depends on their visa status - eg citizen should not be deported. Visitor should be.
@9DH83V31yr1Y
No, sometimes they get less sentencing if gone back to original country
@9DGBC751yr1Y
Yes but only if they do not have the right to stay in NZ indefinitely. So having the same treatment as their equal counterparts born in nz.