Tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk More than 150 Democratic members of the House of Representatives who voted against deporting illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes renewed criticism, calling for both lawmakers to be removed from office.
“There is no excuse. Please post a list of people who opposed this law and want to keep illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes in America,” Musk posted on his X account on Saturday after a vote in the House of Representatives in September.
“They all need to be voted out of office. Every single one of them.”
The House passed the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act in September, after all 215 Republicans present voted in favor of the bill, which they were. They were joined by 51 of their Democratic colleagues. But 158 Democrats voted against the bill.
158 Democrats vote against a bill to deport illegal immigrants who commit sex crimes
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Democrats who voted against the bill came under scrutiny last September, and are facing renewed criticism on social media this month, as commentators revive the vote before President-elect Donald Trump takes office this month.
“The bill targeted rapists, pedophiles, domestic abusers, and stalkers, ensuring they could not remain in the United States. Opponents claimed it 'demonized immigrants,' but how could protecting convicted criminals help anyone — especially their victims?” X show host Mario Novel posted on his account on Saturday, prompting Musk to weigh in.
“Deporting violent criminals is not 'fear-mongering' – it is basic public safety. Why would anyone vote to keep criminals who prey on women and children?” Nofal added.
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The legislation would deport undocumented immigrants convicted of sex crimes, and would also deem undocumented immigrants who admit to — or are convicted of — domestic violence or sex-related charges inadmissible into the United States, Fox Digital previously reported. The legislation is currently before the Senate and has been referred to the Judiciary Committee.
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Among the prominent Democrats who voted against the legislation were Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., and former California Rep. Adam Schiff, who now serves in the Senate. Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.
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According to House clerk's officeAmong the 158 Democrats who voted against the legislation:
- Alma Adams, North Carolina
- Pete Aguilar, California
- Gabe Amo, Rhode Island
- Jake Auchincloss, Massachusetts
- Becca Balint, Vermont
- Nanette Barragan, California
- Joyce Beatty, Ohio
- Ami Pera, California
- Donald Baer, Virginia
- sanford d. Bishop Jr., Georgia
- Earl Blumenauer, Oregon
- Susan Bonamici, Oregon
- Lisa Plante Rochester, Delaware
- Jamal Bowman, New York
- (Shontel Brown, Ohio).
- Julia Brownlee, California
- Cori Bush, Missouri
- Carbajal Health, California
- Tony Cardenas, California
- Andre Carson, Indiana
- Troy Carter, Louisiana
- Greg Casar, Texas
- Ed Case, Hawaii
- Shawn Casten, Illinois
- Cathy Castor, Florida
- Joaquin Castro, Texas
- Sheila Chervilos-McCormick, Florida
- Judy Chu, California
- Katherine Clark, Massachusetts
- Yvette Clark, New York
- Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri
- James Claiborne, South Carolina
- Steve Cohen, Tennessee
- Gerald Connolly, Virginia
- Luis Correa, ca
- Jim Costa, California
- Jasmine Crockett, Texas
- Jason Crow, Colorado
- Danny Davis, Illinois
- Madeline Dean, Pennsylvania
- Diana DeGette, Colorado
- Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut
- Suzanne DelBene, Washington
- Mark de Saulnier, ca
- Debbie Dingell, Michigan
- Lloyd Doggett, Texas
- Veronica Escobar, Texas
- Anna Eshoo, California
- Hadrian Spills, New York
- Lizzie Fletcher, Texas
- Bill Foster, Illinois
- Valerie Fauci, North Carolina
- Louis Frankel, Florida
- (Maxwell Frost, Florida).
- John Garamendi, ca
- Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, Illinois
- Robert Garcia, California
- Sylvia Garcia, Texas
- Dan Goldman, New York
- Jimmy Gomez, California
- Al Green, Texas
- James Himes, Connecticut
- Steny Hoyer, Maryland
- Valerie Howell, Oregon State
- Jared Hoffman, California
- Glen Ivy, Maryland
- Jonathan Jackson, Illinois
- Sarah Jacobs, California
- Pramila Jayapal, Washington
- Hakeem Jeffries, New York
- Henry “Hank” Johnson, Georgia
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove, California
- Bill Keating, Massachusetts
- Robin Kelly, Illinois
- Ro Khanna, California
- And Kildee, Michigan.
- Derek Kilmer, Washington
- Andy Kim, New Jersey
- Raja Krishnamurthy, Illinois
- (Ann Koster, New Hampshire).
- Greg Landsman, Ohio
- Rick Larsen, Washington
- John Larson, Connecticut
- Barbara Lee, California
- (Summer Lee, Pennsylvania).
- Teresa Leger Fernandez, New Mexico
- Ted Liu, California
- Zoe Lofgren, California
- Doris Matsui, California
- Lucy McBath, Georgia
- Jennifer McLellan, Virginia
- Betty McCollum, Minnesota
- (Morgan McGarvey, Kentucky).
- James McGovern, Massachusetts
- Gregory Meeks, New York
- Rob Menendez, New Jersey
- Grace Meng, New York
- (Kwesi Mfume, Maryland).
- Gwen Moore, Wisconsin
- Joseph Morrell, New York
- Seth Moulton, Massachusetts
- Kevin Mullen, California
- Jerrold Nadler, New York
- Grace Napolitano, California
- Richard Neal, Massachusetts
- Joe Neguse, Colorado
- Donald Norcross, New Jersey
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York
- Ilhan Omar, Minnesota
- Frank Pallone, New Jersey
- Nancy Pelosi, California
- Scott Peters, California
- Brittany Petersen, Colorado
- Dean Phillips, Minnesota
- Chili Pingree, Maine
- Mark Buchan, Wisconsin
- Katie Porter, California
- Ayanna Presley, Massachusetts
- Mike Quigley, Illinois
- Delia Ramirez, Illinois
- Jimmy Raskin, Maryland
- Deborah Ross, North Carolina
- Raul Ruiz, California
- California Dutch Robesberger, Maryland
- Linda Sanchez, California
- John Sarbanes, Maryland
- Mary Scanlon, Pennsylvania
- Janice Schakowsky, Illinois
- Adam Schiff, California
- Bradley Schneider, Illinois
- Robert “Bobby” Scott, Virginia
- David Scott, Georgia
- Terry Sewell, Alabama
- Brad Sherman, California
- Darren Soto, Florida
- Melanie Stansbury, New Mexico
- Haley Stevens, Michigan
- Marilyn Strickland, Washington
- Mark Takano, California
- Shri Thanedar, Michigan
- Mike Thompson, California
- Benny Thompson (Mississippi).
- Rashida Tlaib, Michigan
- Jill Tokuda, Hawaii
- Paul Tonko, New York
- Norma Torres, California
- Ritchie Torres, New York
- Lori Trahan, Massachusetts
- David Throne, Maryland
- Lauren Underwood, Illinois
- Juan Vargas, California
- Mark Vesey, Texas
- Nydia Velasquez, New York
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida
- Maxine Waters, California
- Bonnie Watson Coleman, New Jersey
- Nikema Williams, Georgia
- Frederica Wilson, Florida
Democrats who voted against the legislation came under intense scrutiny in September from conservatives.
“If you vote against it, you're sexist,” Nancy Mace, a South Carolina Republican who introduced the legislation, told Fox Digital last September.
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“I mean really, because we're talking about The illegals who are here are the ones committing Domestic violence, rape, murder of women and children – they must go. They should not be allowed to enter our country.”
“158 Democrats just voted against deporting immigrants for sex crimes. This is a slap in the face to every victim and their family member. The Democrats hate you and your kids,” popular conservative X account Libs of TikTok posted at the time.
Democrats who voted against the bill called it xenophobic and an example of “fear-mongering” against immigrants.
“Here we are again, debating another partisan bill that fears immigrant traffickers, instead of working together to reform the immigration system,” Pramila Jayapal, head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said during discussion of the bill.
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“Maybe I shouldn't be so surprised. To scapegoat immigrants and try to do this Weaponizing local crime “Violence seems to be a long tradition for Republicans.”
Fox News Digital's Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
