Republican bill targets migrants who re-enter US illegally with mandatory 10-year sentences

Critics of new GOP act say it is a mass incarceration bill' that forces harsh penalties on migrants for a non-violent offense

Republicans members of Congress have rallied behind a new approach to deterring unauthorized immigration - jailing migrants for a decade at a time.

The GOP has toyed with the idea of imposing mandatory minimums on immigration offenses for a decade, most famously with a proposal called Kate's Law", which would have imposed five-year sentences on those convicted of illegal re-entry with certain criminal histories.