This week at the Capitol, my legislation creating the crime of illegal reentry, Senate Bill 612, was perfected and passed in the Senate. This bill would make it a Class C felony – carrying a 1 to 7 year prison sentence – for any unauthorized alien who has been removed from the country for criminal violations to commit certain additional crimes in Missouri. The bill would also criminalize unauthorized immigrants who move to Missouri after having committed felonies in other states. The punishable crimes include misdemeanor assault, domestic assault and certain felony offenses. This legislation would also mandate any facility managers who are detaining an illegal alien upon their arrest for illegal reentry to transfer the detainee to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency as soon as possible.
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