Archive for May, 2007

Graham Amendment Institutes Mandatory Prison Sentences for Illegal Aliens Who Re-enter the U.S.

May 17, 2007

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today introduced and passed an amendment to the Senate immigration bill which institutes mandatory minimum prison sentences for illegal immigrants who cross our nations’ borders.
The Department of Homeland Security estimates that between 20 and 30 percent of all of the illegal immigrants physically removed from the United [...]