Cruz fights Senate Dems on illegal immigration
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Texas Sen. Ted Cruz took to the Senate floor on Wednesday to push for "Kate's Law," and sparked a war of words with Democratic Minority Leader Harry Reid and California Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
Kate Steinle's death at the hands of a five-time deportee criminal sparked a national conversation on illegal immigration that animated the presidential campaigns particularly in the Republican field.
Kate's Law would install mandatory-minimum sentences on criminal illegal immigrants who return to the United States after deportation. Cruz urged its passage and noted that voters in San Francisco rejected the re-election bid of a sheriff who defended "sanctuary city" policies and released the criminal who would kill Steinle from jail before her murder.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Reid took issue with Cruz's legislation and noted the costs it would incur if enacted.