Letter to House Judiciary Committee Opposing the Stop Illegal Entry Act
The Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025 would impose an overbroad system of double punishment on immigrants, dramatically increase the federal prison population, and would not improve public safety.
Related to: Federal Advocacy
In a letter to the House Judiciary Committee, The Sentencing Project urged lawmakers to oppose the Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025 (H.R. 3486). The Stop Illegal Entry Act incorporates components of the Stop Illegal Reentry Act, often known as Kate’s Law, introduced in 2015. This iteration is an extreme expansion of the original, which would sweep a far greater number of people into federal prisons and expose them to far higher mandatory minimum and maximum sentences. It would impose an expansive system of double punishment on immigrants across the United States and explosively increase the federal prison population with no public safety benefit.
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