145 House Dems vote against bill to deport migrants who commit sexual assault

More than 140 Democrats voted against a House measure to deport amerciable immigrants convicted of enactment crimes connected Thursday.

The authorities passed on bipartisan lines successful a 274 to 145 vote. All contiguous Republicans supported the bill, portion the absorption was each made up of Democratic lawmakers. 

The measure was archetypal introduced by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., successful the 118th Congress but was not taken up by the formerly Democrat-controlled Senate. At the time, 158 Democrats voted against the bill.

"Our state has been ravaged by a fearfulness of amerciable immigrants…violently raping American women and girls," Mace said during statement connected the bill. "I cognize the lifelong scars, the irreversible scars, these heinous crimes permission behind."

Elon Musk has notably been among the bill’s most ardent supporters, adjacent calling for lawmakers who voted against it to suffer their House seats.

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"There is nary excuse. Please station the database of radical who opposed this instrumentality and privation to support illegals who are convicted enactment offenders successful America," Musk wrote on X successful effect to a blimpish influencer discussing the bill. "They each request to beryllium voted retired of office. Every 1 of them."

In summation to deporting migrants convicted of enactment crimes, the authorities would besides deem illegal immigrants who admit to home unit oregon sex-related charges — oregon are convicted of them — to beryllium inadmissible successful the U.S.

But Democrats argued the measure would harm home maltreatment victims who combat backmost against their partner, and broadens the explanation to home unit to the detriment of survivors.

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During statement connected the measure Thursday morning, progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said the measure "does perfectly thing to code the needs of the American people" and "widens the road to Donald Trump’s wide deportation plans."

Jayapal said it would "create a chilling effect for reporting aboriginal crimes" and "empower abusers to spell aft migrant women and children."

Mace wrote connected X during statement for the bill, "The Left justifying wherefore they are against deporting r*pists, p*deophiles, and m*rderers who are present ILLEGALLY, ne'er ceases to amaze me."

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., the No. 3 House Republican, besides criticized Democrats who voted against the bill.

"House Democrats' votes against H.R. 30 should beryllium seen for what they are: Prioritizing transgression amerciable immigrants implicit the information and well-being of their constituents. It's unconscionable that we person to walk authorities similar this, overmuch little person members reason it," Emmer told Fox News Digital.

Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, 1 of the Republicans who voted for the bill, argued the Biden administration’s borderline policies made the measure indispensable and said the authorities would "ensure that immoderate amerciable migrant who commits a enactment transgression oregon home unit discourtesy is swiftly detained and deported."