EXCLUSIVE: Texas Senator’s Bill Mandates Death Penalty For Illegal Immigrant Killers

Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn introduced a bill Thursday to codify President Donald Trump’s executive order instituting the death penalty for illegal immigrant murderers.

Cornyn’s bill, titled the “Justice for American Victims of Illegal Aliens Act,” would add illegal 🛂Immigration status to the list of items to be considered in determining the justification for a death sentence in U.S. Code, according to the bill text. Trump issued the executive order Jan. 20, which instructs federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for not only illegal aliens guilty of capital crimes but for any involved in the murder of a law enforcement officer.

Without the codification of the law, a succeeding administration could repeal the order with the stroke of a pen.

“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,” Cornyn told the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation in a statement. “By enshrining President Trump’s Executive Order into law, this legislation would protect the American people, make our country safe again, and ensure no future President can singlehandedly undo this consequence for taking innocent lives.”

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