The Accountability in Immigrant Repatriation Act

Good post by Tony Phyrillas concering the removal of criminal illegal aliens from American streets and dealing with countries that don't repatriate these criminals. Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Pitts is co-sponsoring legislation to deal with these issues.

"The Accountability in Immigrant Repatriation Act, H.R. 5761, would improve our immigration enforcement system by sanctioning countries that refuse to repatriate criminals and those under a final order of removal," Pitts said in a statement released Friday.

The bill would require reports to Congress every 90 days on the countries that inhibit repatriation, Pitts says. Receipt of the report would automatically trigger denial of foreign aid as well as suspension of visa issuances to the listed countries, he added. The President would be given the option of coming to Congress to request a waiver for the sanctions if doing so is deemed to be in our national interests, Pitts says.

"Individuals who are here in the United States illegally and have committed crimes have no business on our streets," Pitts said. "We should be using the full extent of our diplomatic options in order to get these people out of the United States and back to their home country."