The U.S. Senate has passed the Laken Riley Act, a landmark immigration enforcement and border security bill, by a vote of 64-35. This legislation, the most significant in its area in nearly three decades, requires the detention of illegal aliens who commit certain crimes and strengthens states' ability to challenge federal immigration policy violations. It will now be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives before moving to President Trump for his signature.
WASHINGTON, D.C.. - U.S. Senators Katie Britt and Ted Budd’s S.5, the, passed the U.S. Senate by a vote of 64-35 Monday. The passage of this legislation is the most significant immigration enforcement and border security related bill to pass the Senate in nearly three decades.
The bill will be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives this week before heading to President Trump to be signed into law. “Today is a new day in America and a new day in the U.S. Senate with the passage of the Laken Riley Act—which will become the strongest immigration enforcement bill enacted into law since 1996. I was honored to lead a bipartisan group of my colleagues to pass this lifesaving legislation. Today’s monumental vote honors the beautiful life and enduring legacy of Laken Riley, who was taken from this world all too soon by a killer who never should have been in America in the first place.
. Senator John Cornyn’s amendment expanded the list of criminal offenses in the bill to include assault of a law enforcement officer, being adopted by a vote of 70-25 last week.Laken Riley Actwhich requires the detention of illegal aliens who commit a crime that results in death or serious bodily injury,The Laken Riley Act would require U.S.
Senators Britt and Budd, with the entire Republican conference and Senators John Fetterman and Ruben Gallego ,
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