GOP Lawmaker Pushes Bill Seeking Harsher Penalties for Felonies by Previously Deported Illegal Aliens

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A bill introduced in the Florida Legislature would impose harsher penalties for felonies committed by previously deported illegal aliens.

Republican Sen. Blaise Ingoglia of Spring Hill introduced Senate Bill 1036 to specifically address the issue of illegal aliens’ criminality and re-entry.

Ingoglia filed the proposal on Dec. 20, according to WUSF-FM in Tampa. It will be considered during the next legislative session, which begins Jan. 9.

Under the bill’s proposed framework, the new penalty hierarchy would apply only to illegal aliens who had been deported for committing a felony.

Previously deported felons who commit a new felony in Florida would face the proposed penalty scheme, according to The Center Square.

Classified degrees of felonies would move up a penalty level: a third-degree felony would receive a second-degree penalty, and a second-degree felony would receive a first-degree penalty.

Second-degree felonies carry a maximum term of 15 years in prison.

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