--- title: Immigration: House Passes 'Kate's Law' and Sanctuary Bill description: The House of Representatives on Thursday passed two immigration bills that help President Donald Trump in his immigration fight canonical: https://time.com/4840666/immigration-house-kates-law-sanctuary-cities-trump/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-29T23:54:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:21:07.064Z article:section: Politics og:title: House Passes 'Kate's Law' and Bill Cracking Down on Sanctuary Cities og:description: The legislation boosts President Trump's efforts to curb immigration og:url: https://time.com/4840666/immigration-house-kates-law-sanctuary-cities-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5305eaa2c2fc92cd/6988d40d4ee262350230df75/paul-ryan-john-kelly-donald-trump-immigration-kates-law-sanctuary-cities.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: House Speaker Paul Ryan Holds Weekly News Conference og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: House Passes 'Kate's Law' and Bill Cracking Down on Sanctuary Cities twitter:description: The legislation boosts President Trump's efforts to curb immigration twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5305eaa2c2fc92cd/6988d40d4ee262350230df75/paul-ryan-john-kelly-donald-trump-immigration-kates-law-sanctuary-cities.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # House Passes 'Kate's Law' And Bill Cracking Down on Sanctuary Cities > Sponsored content. 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The House of Representatives on Thursday passed two immigration bills that help President Donald Trump in his fight against illegal immigration and sanctuary cities._ by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Jun 29, 2017 11:54 PM UTC The House of Representatives on Thursday passed two immigration bills that help President Donald Trump in his fight against illegal immigration and sanctuary cities. by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Jun 29, 2017 11:54 PM UTC The House of Representatives on Thursday passed two immigration bills that help President Donald Trump in his fight against illegal immigration and sanctuary cities. The bills — [Kate’s Law](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3004) and the [No Sanctuary for Criminals Act](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3003) — raise the penalties for undocumented immigrants who re-enter the United States after being deported and revoke federal grants from cities that do not comply with federal immigration enforcement. Both bills passed largely along party lines after Republicans, [including the President](http://time.com/4836943/undocumented-immigrants-donald-trump/?iid=sr-link1), heavily promoted them. Trump tweeted five times on Thursday to express his support for the pieces of legislation, once saying “MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN” and other times saying he hopes the Senate will follow the House’s lead. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/880489358431850496) Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly also joined House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday to promote the bills, according to the [Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-passes-bills-to-crack-down-on-sanctuary-cities-and-deported-criminals-who-return-to-us/2017/06/29/f65419c4-5cff-11e7-9fc6-c7ef4bc58d13%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.ffbfa9a4bfe3)_._ “President Trump has been clear that our borders are not open to illegal immigration, that we are a nation of laws, and we will no longer look the other way,” Kelly said on Thursday. “Well, we will no longer look the other way in the interior, either.” “Kate’s Law” is named for Kathryn Steinle, who was killed in 2015 by an undocumented immigrant who’d been deported five times. Under the bill, an undocumented immigrant previously convicted of a crime who tries to re-enter the U.S. could face up to 10 to 25 years in prison, according to [NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/house-immigration-crackdown-n778141). Democrats have sharply criticized the bills, saying they will have a negative effect on public safety and ratchet up fear among all immigrants. But Trump was happy with the House’s progress on Thursday, releasing a statement saying the legislation fulfilled promises he made [while campaigning](http://time.com/4475349/donald-trumps-speech-immigration-transcript/?iid=sr-link3). “The implementation of these policies will make our communities safer. Opposing these bills, and allowing dangerous criminals back into our communities, our schools, and the neighborhoods where our children play, puts all of us at risk,” the President said in his statement. “Now that the House has acted, I urged the Senate to take up these bills, pass them, and send them to my desk. I am calling on all lawmakers to vote for these bills and to save American lives.” ## Transcript [00:00] First, the House will be voting on Kate's Law, legislation [00:03] named for Kate Steinle, who was killed by an illegal [00:06] immigrant with five prior deportations [00:10] and lots of bad things on his record. The second is [00:15] the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act which blocks federal [00:18] grants to cities that release dangerous criminal aliens [00:21] back into the streets Including the vicious, [00:26] and disgusting, and horrible MS- 13 gang [00:30] members. And we're getting them out. We are getting [00:33] them out. They're going. And I'm calling on all [00:35] lawmakers to put the safety of American families First. [00:40] And let's pass these bills through the House, through [00:42] the Senate, and send them to my desk. 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