OAN Staff James Myers
3:07 PM – Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Tuesday afternoon, Laken Riley method passed the House of Representatives. This was the first federal law approved by the new 119.th Parliament after the House of Commons agrees the rules for its term of office.
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All Republicans supported the bill, along with 48 other Democrats. The bill passed by a 264-159 vote and will now be sent to the Senate.
The bill is named after 22-year-old Laken Riley. Riley, a nursing student, was brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant from Venezuela while jogging on the University of Georgia campus one morning.
The details of the bill would require federal immigration authorities to detain illegal aliens convicted of crimes such as robbery, theft, theft and shoplifting. It would also allow states to sue the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for harming their citizens through illegal immigration, forcing federal agencies to take these issues more seriously.
This law specifies in detail what changes will occur.
“DHS must detain individuals who (1) are in the United States illegally or do not have the required documentation when applying for admission; (2) The bill also provides for certain immigration-related decisions and convictions for acts that constitute an essential element of robbery, theft, theft, or shoplifting. It also specifically allows states to sue for injunctive relief on alleged failures if the decision or failure causes harm to the state or its residents, including economic damages in excess of $100. The state government may decide to release a non-U.S. person from custody. Failure to meet requirements for testing individuals seeking admission to the United States, including requirements for asylum interviews. failure to comply with requirements to suspend the issuance of visas to nationals; violation of immigration parole restrictions, including the requirement that parole be granted only on a case-by-case basis; or failure to detain individuals ordered to be removed from the United States. That.”
Jose Ybarra, who was sentenced to life in prison for Riley's tragic murder, had previously been arrested but was not taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, authorities previously reported. I admitted it.
Passage of the new bill comes after it was first introduced by Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) last year.
At the time, all votes against the bill came from Democratic parties.
“I think they're putting politics above principle, and we're going to find out where they stand on this right now,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana). He was referring to Democrats who opposed the bill last year.
“We're going to do some really important bipartisan work,” Johnson said hours before Tuesday's vote. “We welcome with open arms any Democrat who wants to help solve these problems, because the American people demand it, it deserves it, and it's outdated. And I We'll look for it and see how it changes.”
The Senate is scheduled to vote on the bill this week.
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