The House of Representatives passed the Laken-Riley Act on Wednesday, sending the bill to the White House, making it the first bill President Donald Trump will sign.
the house I voted The Laken-Reilly Act passed 263-156, with 46 Democrats joining Republicans in passing the bill.
The Laken Riley Act was named after a 22-year-old nursing student in Athens, Georgia, who was brutally murdered by an illegal alien released into the interior of the United States.
The bill would require DHS to detain illegal aliens arrested, charged, or convicted of crimes such as robbery, theft, theft, and shoplifting.
House Republicans passed the bill in early January, with unanimous support from House Republicans and 48 House Democrats supporting the bill at the time.
The bill was sent to the Senate, which passed it by a 64-35 vote on Monday, just hours after Trump took office.
This is in stark contrast to last year, when Senate Democrats twice blocked the bill from a Senate vote.
The Senate strengthens the House-passed Laken Riley Act with two amendments, including one by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) that would add assault on a law enforcement officer to the list of offenses that trigger detention. It also includes amendments for states. The Second Amendment is Sarah's Law, a proposal by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa).
Ernst pushed for Sarah's Law as the state marks the ninth anniversary of the death of 21-year-old Iowa resident Sarah Root at the hands of an illegal alien driving under the influence.
This bill would amend the mandatory detention provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act to require Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain illegal aliens who are criminally charged with killing or seriously injuring another person. be. It would also require ICE to identify the victim and notify the victim's family when encountering an illegal alien who is subject to mandatory detention.
“Our laws no longer prioritize illegal immigrants who are dangerous criminals over American citizens. Nearly nine years after 21-year-old Iowan Sarah Root was murdered, the Senate We passed Sarah's Law in honor of the murderers, closing the loophole that allowed murderers to escape justice,” Ernst said in a statement to Breitbart News on Monday. .
“Today, Republicans and Democrats put aside partisan politics to save lives and reform a broken system that has failed Americans across the country,” said the bill's House sponsor, Rep. Mike Collins (Rep. Republican, Georgia) said in a statement. Add the following to your vote:
The Laken Riley Act is bipartisan legislation that solves a bipartisan problem, and I am proud that our country came together to ensure that no family experiences the pain that illegal immigration caused Riley. Laken Riley went to school to save a life. Although her opportunity was taken away, her name will live on because this bill will prevent deaths like hers.
“Today is a new day for America, and a new day for the U.S. Senate, with the passage of the Laken Riley Act, the most powerful immigration enforcement bill enacted since 1996. “I was honored to lead the “to pass this life-saving bill,'' said Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.), the bill's Senate sponsor, on Monday after the bill's passage in the Senate. said in a written statement.
Sean Moran is a policy reporter at Breitbart News. Follow him on X @SeanMoran3.
