i think it will happen. that is one of the reasons we wanted you to come on tonight. do you have any thoughts about it merchandise sullivan? i just want it to be a good, solid law that won t have holes in it and i m sure there will be a lot of posturing and forth have no idea how many people have been killed by illegal ill a yens. we had quite a few people reach out to us and we had no idea it was an issue. the number is in the thousands. sure, mr. steinle, go ahead. if i may add. the family wants to be involved in the language of the law so we have a sense of kate within the law.
comes back to this country after being deported would serve a mandatory five years in federal prison upon apprehension. second offense 10 years. the key word is mandatory. no wiggle room. the debate over whether non-felons who who defy deportation should be part of the bill s procedure is underway but the vital part is keeping the felons off the streets of america. we are hoping to get 1 million americans-to-sign a petition on bill o reilly.com which again we will deliver to speaker boehner and senate majority leader mcconnell. joining us from kate s parnts liz sullivan and kate steinle. i m talking to you over-the-weekend mr. steinle and you indicate you do support kate s law. why? well, i support kate s law because it would be a legacy in her name and her death would not go unnoticed we re an a political family. we keep up with politics
comes back to this country after being deported would serve a mandatory five years in federal prison upon apprehension. second offense 10 years. the key word mandatory. no wiggle room. the debate over whether non-felons who who defy deportation should be part of the bill s procedure is underway but the vital part is keeping the felons off the streets of america. we are hoping to get 1 million americans-to-sign a petition on bill o reilly.com which again we will deliver to speaker boehner and senate majority leader mcconnell. joining us from kate s parnts liz sullivan and kate steinle. i m talking to you over-the-weekend mr. steinle and you indicate you do support kate s law. why? well, i support kate s law because it would be a legacy in her name and her death would not go unnoticed we re an a political family. we keep up with politics
service the memorial. i was overwhelmed with the number of people. it was overwhelming. you can t prepare for anything like this it was astonishing and it is astonishing. we are hoping to carry this forward. we are hoping for some good to come out of all of this. this is where we come in. in our next segment we will tell everybody what we are trying to do. mr. steinle, was all of this outpouring for your daughter, was it of any comfort to you? oh my, yes. it more than comfort. we are a family that is strong in faith and that in itself kept us strong. kate was faithful and she believed and she had had a great spirit. and the thing as liz said that amazed us the amount of people dubai. she worked in dubai for a while.
did you see the man who shot your daughter? no. no everyone in that particular area was just concentrating on kate and what happened. it was pretty obvious something serious happened and that was our response was to her. we weren t looking around or anything like that. now ms. sullivan, the outpouring to you and your family and mr. steinle has been unbelievable. tell us about that. just the food, the cards the offers for help the people that have come from very far to come and give us condolences, her second grade teacher came from auburn it has been absolutely unbelievable how many lives she touched. the cards the flowers the