Nearly 150 House Democrats voted against a bill to deport illegal immigrants who sexually abuse women and children.
The bill, called HR 30, the Preventing Violence against Woman by Illegal Aliens Act, was sponsored by Rep. Nancy Mace and passed the House yesterday by a margin of over 120.
Under the bill, aliens who have committed serious felonies, and especially sex crimes, would not be allowed to enter the US. Illegals who commit a wide variety of sex offences, including domestic violence and child abuse, would also be deported.
Republicans voted unanimously for the bill and were supported by 61 Democrats. The majority of Democrats, totalling 145, voted against the bill, however.
Before the vote, the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Mace, blasted opponents of the bill and accused them of putting the rights of illegals above the rights of women and children.
“My bill makes it very clear, and if an illegal alien commits a sex crime or an act of domestic violence, they are inadmissible and deportable,” Mace said in the House.
“We aren’t letting you into our country, and if you’re already here, we are sending you back to yours. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle try to minimize this issue because they refuse to acknowledge the consequences. A vote against this bill is a vote against deporting illegal aliens who rape and abuse women and children. A vote against this bill is a vote to invite illegal aliens who rape and abuse women and children into the United States of America. I can think of nothing less American than that.”
Last week, 159 Democrats voted against the Laken Riley Act, which mandates ICE to arrest and detain illegals until they are deported.