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Florida 's new laws impose harsher penalties for offenses committed by people in the U.S. illegally than for everyone else.
The stiffer penalties are meant to be a deterrent, Republican state Rep. Lawrence McClure says.
The new laws eliminate judicial discretion in certain cases.
Civil rights advocates and legal experts are raising alarm.
Legislation that passed the Utah Senate and is now pending in the House takes a more narrow approach focused on theft and drug dealing.
It would impose mandatory jail sentences, without the potential for early release, for repeat offenders who are lawful U.S. residents.
Law enforcement officers have told him they see “a clear connection between being deported multiple times, coming in, and committing crimes within the state”.
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