衆議院通過打擊非法移民的議案

The U.S. House of Representatives took the first steps toward fulfilling two of President Donald Trump's signature campaign promises Thursday, passing bills strengthening penalties on undocumented immigrants who return to the U.S. after being deported and cutting federal funds to sanctuary cities.

By a 257-167 vote, the House passed “Kate's Law,” a bill named after Kate Steinle, 32, who was shot and killed in San Francisco in July 2015. Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, a felon who had been deported five times, is facing murder and other charges in connection with the shooting.

The House bill increases prison penalties for undocumented immigrants who return to the U.S. after being deported.

The House also passed, by a 228-195 vote, the “No Sanctuary for Criminals Act,” blocking so-called sanctuary cities from receiving federal grant money and expanding the federal government's capabilities to make them comply with immigration enforcement.

House Democrats said the bills were part of an anti-immigrant push by the Trump administration.

Democrats also pushed back on the characterization of sanctuary cities as gathering places for criminals.

In a statement issued after the vote, Trump urged “the Senate to take up these bills, pass them, and send them to my desk. I am calling on all lawmakers to vote for these bills and to save American lives.”

Earlier versions of the bills failed to pass in the Senate.美國國會衆議院星期四通過議案，加強對遣返後再次回到美國的非法移民的懲戒，切斷庇護城市的聯邦撥款，向實現川普總統的兩大競選承諾邁出了第一步。

衆議院以257票對167票通過了“凱特法”。這項法案是以32歲的凱特·斯坦利命名的，凱特2015年7月在舊金山中彈身亡，開槍的是一個曾先後五次被遣返的重罪犯，他因爲開槍打死凱特而受到謀殺等指控。

衆議院的議案增加了對被遣返後再次返回美國的非法移民的刑期。

衆議院還以228票對195票通過了“不爲罪犯提供庇護法”，不讓所謂的庇護城市得到聯邦資金，並擴大聯邦政府讓這些城市遵循移民管制的能力。

衆議院民主黨人說，這兩項法案是川普政府反移民行動的一部分。

反對者批評說，凱特法沒有對犯有重罪的非法移民和沒有犯下重罪的非法移民加以區分。
民主黨人還對將庇護城市描述爲罪犯彙集中心的說法提出批評。

衆議院表決後，美國總統川普敦促“參議院圍繞這兩項議案進行表決，予以通過，送到我的桌上來。我呼籲所有議員，投下贊成票，保護美國人的生命安全。”

這兩項議案先前的版本在參議院都沒有獲得通過。