Thread: Immigration and Crime
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Old 31-01-2007, 20:55   #9
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Re: Immigration and Crime
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Originally Posted by TheNorm View Post
I can never get to grips with that line of thought. If someone commits a crime, they should be punished (after due process etc.). If they are deported, what control do we have over the punishment?

For example, suppose one of Osama's henchmen came to visit London on holiday, and tried to blow himself up in Piccadilly Circus, but failed and was captured. Deportation might mean sending him to a heroes welcome!
Ideally we would have stronger border controls in the first place. Also, maybe we should look at harsher punishment in the first place? That way, there may be some deterrent. Who would want to be a hero, having spent 25 years in an Alcatraz style nick? Or maybe such crimes should attract capital punishment... but that's a subject for a different thread
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