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FIRST ON FOX: A House Republican is seeking to ensure illegal immigrants
who commit murder in the U.S. are eligible for the death penalty in all
50 states.
Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, is introducing a bill on Thursday called
the Justice for Victims of Illegal Alien Murder Act, which would
establish a new class of federal criminal offenses specifically directed
at convicted murderers who are in the country illegally.
It would make those criminals eligible for life in prison or the death
penalty if convicted of first-degree murder.
Such a bill would strengthen federal prosecutors' claims of jurisdiction
over such crimes, even in states where the death penalty is abolished.
"We can hold those individuals accountable at the federal level because
they're here illegally. And here we are with that legislation," Luttrell
told Fox News Digital on Wednesday.
He said part of the impetus for the legislation was a case in his home
state of Texas in 2023 when a man who had been deported multiple times
was arrested for killing five people in the U.S.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-immigrant-murderers-could-face-d eath-penalty-under-new-gop-bill
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