NEW BILL: Illegals face lesser punishment than U.S. citizens

Illegal immigrants who commit crimes face lesser punishment than U.S. citizens

BY: GABRIELLA MORRONGIELLO JUNE 24, 2013 | 11:06 AM

According to Sen. John McCain, a member of the Senate's Gang of Eight, criminals will not be legalized under the proposed bipartisan immigration bill.

"Anyone who has committed crimes in this country is going to be deported," the Arizona Republican declared on the Senate floor last week.

However, as Washington Examiner columnist Byron York recently reported, "the bottom line is an immigrant could have more than three misdemeanor convictions in his background check and still qualify for legalization."

Furthermore, the following chart published June 21 by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a nonprofit organization that opposes liberalization of immigration law, compares the consequences for an array of crimes and discovered that while illegal immigrants might be exonerated and legalized, U.S. citizens and legal immigrants face years of incarceration or temporary expulsion from the country.

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