Our knee jerk reaction always seems to punish via incarceration and make then sentences longer or harder. With our over bludgeoning prisons now, common sense would say this is not a deterrent. Don’t get me wrong, I believe in incarceration for criminals, real crimes like assault, battery, robbery, burglary, theft, rape, murder. The idea is two fold when it comes to “ illegal” immigrants. 1. Protect US citizens from illegals that comment crime getting rid of those that are bad eggs. 2. Do number one in the most cost effective and efficient way. As for point two, anyone that has read about or researched costs associated with imprisoning knows that it is extremely costly to taxpayers. It costs us more to keep a person in prison than if we set them up in a suite at the Hilton. So, no I disagree with mandatory longer sentences for illegals