The bill, named for a nursing school student who was murdered by a man in the country illegally, passed the House last year.
The new Republican-controlled Senate is expected to take it up Friday.The Republican-led House passed its first bill of the new Congress on Tuesday — a strict border measure named for a 22-year-old Georgia nursing school student whose The 264-159 vote to pass the Laken Riley Act puts pressure on Senate Democrats to support the legislation when Republicans, who now control the upper chamber, bring it to the floor for an initial vote Friday, which would have been Riley’s 23rd birthday.
The bill, authored by Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., would change federal law to require ICE, operating under the Homeland Security Department, to issue detainers and take custody of people in the country illegally who commit theft-related crimes, including shoplifting. More House Democrats voted for the Laken Riley Act this time around: 48 of them joined all Republicans present in voting aye.
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