Illegal immigration has been one of the tenets of President Trump’s since the beginning of his campaign. He has specifically noted the issues with immigration pertaining to the dangers from overseas and the issues with illegal immigrants committing crimes over and over again to the detriment of our country, our economy, and American lives.

Yesterday the House passed Kate’s Law and the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act by votes of 257-167 and 228-195 respectively.

Kate’s Law would impose harsher prison sentences on those who re-enter the United States illegally and commit a crime.

It is named after Kate Steinle, a 32 year old who was shot in the back two years ago by an illegal immigrant.

Her killer, authorities say, was Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, a Mexican national with seven felony convictions and who had been deported five times but had returned to the United States.

Around the time of Steinle’s killing, Lopez-Sanchez had just finished a nearly four-year federal prison sentence for illegally reentering the country. He was turned over to San Francisco law enforcement officials because of an outstanding warrant for a marijuana-related charge that was immediately dismissed. Local authorities later released him, despite a request from federal immigration officials to keep him in custody because of his undocumented status, according to a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Steinle’s family. [Emphasis Added]

Kate’s father testified in front of Congress just a few weeks after she was killed.