A bill aimed at strengthening border security and penalizing illegal immigration is garnering bipartisan support in the Senate. The legislation, named after Laken Riley, a victim of illegal immigration, would require the detention of undocumented immigrants convicted of theft and allow states to sue the Department of Homeland Security for harm caused by illegal immigration.
A bipartisan bill aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration is gaining traction in the Senate . The measure, which would require the detention of illegal migrants convicted of theft-related crimes and empower states to sue the Department of Homeland Security for harm caused by illegal immigration, is set for a procedural vote on Friday. While the bill faces a 60-vote filibuster hurdle, several Democrats have expressed support or openness to it.
Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) is the first and only Senate Democrat to co-sponsor the legislation, named after Laken Riley, a nursing student murdered last year by an illegal immigrant
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