Texas Republicans pushing for death penalty in all 50 states for undocumented murderers [View all]

Source: The Independent

Texas Republicans pushing for death penalty in all 50 states for undocumented murderers

GOP lawmakers seek to close ‘dangerous loophole’ preventing local prosecutors from seeking capital punishment for most serious crimes

Joe Sommerlad
Friday 09 May 2025 14:13 BST

Texas Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have issued two bills that, if passed by Congress, would empower the federal government to seek to have undocumented migrants convicted of murder put to death in all 50 states, including those in which executions are currently banned.

The “Justice for Victims of Illegal Alien Murders Act” in the House and the “Justice for American Victims of Illegal Aliens Act” in the Senate are ultimately likely to be combined into one legislative package and would codify President Donald Trump’s executive order in January seeking justice for American citizens killed by perpetrators who arrived in the country unlawfully.

“Violent predators who enter our country illegally and brutally murder American citizens should be subject to the death penalty as a consequence of their heinous actions,” said Senator John Cornyn in a statement introducing the upper chamber’s bill, co-signed by a dozen of his GOP peers.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/death-penalty-undocumented-murderers-republicans-b2747945.html

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