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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 771489" data-attributes="member: 12952">Court Okays Longer Sentence For Illegal ImmigrantsIn a much-needed legal victory for the often defeated immigration&nbsp; enforcement movement, a federal appellate court has ruled that a&nbsp; criminal’s sentence can be increased if he or she is in the United&nbsp; States illegally.The case involves a pair of illegal aliens (Hector Loaiza-Sanchez and&nbsp; Jose Luis Juarez-Gonzalez) who pleaded guilty in an Iowa federal court&nbsp; to drug felonies, conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to&nbsp; distribute a substantial quantity of methamphetamine.The appellate court dismissed the defendants’ suggestion that taking&nbsp; immigration status into account is national origin discrimination&nbsp; because the majority of illegal aliens are Hispanic. “A person’s legal&nbsp; status as a deportable alien is not synonymous with national origin,”&nbsp; the court points out in its 7-page ruling.Furthermore, the ruling says, judges are allowed to consider all&nbsp; information concerning the background, character and conduct of an&nbsp; individual when sentencing them. Guidelines specifically point out that a&nbsp; sentence can be lengthened when the defendant’s criminal history does&nbsp; not completely characterize his illegal acts and entering the country&nbsp; without papers is an illegal act, the judges write.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 771489, member: 12952"] [B]Court Okays Longer Sentence For Illegal Immigrants[/B] In a much-needed legal victory for the often defeated immigration enforcement movement, a federal appellate court has ruled that a criminal’s sentence can be increased if he or she is in the United States illegally. The case involves a pair of illegal aliens (Hector Loaiza-Sanchez and Jose Luis Juarez-Gonzalez) who pleaded guilty in an Iowa federal court to drug felonies, conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute a substantial quantity of methamphetamine. The appellate court dismissed the defendants’ suggestion that taking immigration status into account is national origin discrimination because the majority of illegal aliens are Hispanic. “A person’s legal status as a deportable alien is not synonymous with national origin,” the court points out in its 7-page ruling. Furthermore, the ruling says, judges are allowed to consider all information concerning the background, character and conduct of an individual when sentencing them. Guidelines specifically point out that a sentence can be lengthened when the defendant’s criminal history does not completely characterize his illegal acts and entering the country without papers is an illegal act, the judges write. [/QUOTE]

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