requiring deportation for illegal immigrants caught committing other crimes
I will require deportation for illegal immigrants who commit other crimes.
Occurrences
Evidence
Mackenzie voted Yes on H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act. The House page says the bill requires DHS to detain certain non-U.S. nationals who are unlawfully present and have been arrested for, convicted of, or admitted to burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting, and it authorizes states to sue over failures related to immigration enforcement.
Mackenzie said the House-passed budget would 'secure the border once and for all' and that it 'invests $150 billion to complete border barriers, hire more Border Patrol and ICE agents, expand deportation capacity, and stop deadly fentanyl and human trafficking at the southern border.'
Assessments
Mackenzie supported federal immigration-enforcement measures after taking office, including voting for the Laken Riley Act and backing budget provisions to expand deportation capacity. These actions materially align with tougher consequences for some unlawfully present noncitizens accused or convicted of crimes, but the cited measures do not establish the promised broad requirement that illegal immigrants who commit other crimes be deported. Because he advanced related policy during his current federal term but the specific deportation mandate is not shown as delivered, partial credit is appropriate.