The House will vote on 2 major immigration laws next week

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The House will vote on two of President Trump's major immigration-related campaign promises next week, Politico reports. Republicans are bringing Kate's Law to the floor, which would raise penalties for immigrants who attempt to re-enter the United States after deportation, along with the No Sanctuaries for Criminals Act, which would raise penalties on sanctuary cities.

Kate's Law didn't make it to the Senate floor last year, but Trump vowed in September to ask Congress to pass the law "to ensure that criminal aliens convicted of illegal re-entry receive strong, mandatory minimum sentences." The law is named after Kate Steinle, who was killed in San Francisco in 2015 by an undocumented immigrant who had a criminal record and had not been turned over to authorities due to sanctuary city protections.

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Trump also vowed in September that "we will end the sanctuary cities that have resulted in so many needless deaths. Cities that refuse to cooperate with federal authorities will not receive taxpayer dollars." The No Sanctuaries for Criminals Act, if passed, would "require that cities and counties comply with orders from federal immigration officials, such as 'detainers' that keep immigrants in jail so they can be picked up for deportation," Politico writes. "It would also bar Homeland Security and Justice Department grants from sanctuary cities that don't comply."

More than 200 states and localities across the U.S. do not honor ICE detention requests. The mayors of many such sanctuary cities have said they will not be intimidated by Trump's warnings. "Local governments seeking to protect their immigrant communities from federal overreach have every right to do so," said New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman in a statement.

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