OAN’s James Myers
2:19 PM – Thursday, March 7, 2024
The U.S. House of Representatives passed an immigration bill in response to the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, an innocent woman killed in an attack by an illegal immigrant from Venezuela.
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The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill called the Laken-Reilly Act, which would require Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain immigrants charged with theft and other crimes.
The bill, which passed on a 250-170 vote, is named after Laken Riley, a 22-year-old University of Georgia student whose body was recently found.
Only 37 Democrats voted with Republicans to pass the bill.
Her alleged killer, Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, is a Venezuelan citizen who entered the United States illegally. Prior to Riley’s murder, Ybarra had also been arrested in New York on charges of child endangerment and was also charged with shoplifting in Georgia. However, ICE did not detain him.
Republicans, meanwhile, have blamed the Biden administration for persistent problems at the southern border, using Riley’s death as an example. Under the current Democratic administration, a whopping 7.2 million illegal immigrants have entered the United States since President Biden took office.
“These are innocent Americans, from Laken Riley in Georgia to the 14-year-old rape victim by an illegal immigrant in his home state of Louisiana,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said Wednesday. The Biden administration has released it into our country. He’s releasing them into your state. ”
Additionally, Republican Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) sent a letter to Biden earlier this week imploring him to say his name during Thursday’s State of the Union address.
Immigration issues have become a focus of voters’ attention in the run-up to the November presidential election. In the latest poll released last month, 28% of participants said immigration was the most important issue in the United States, the highest ranking.
The bill will now go to the U.S. Senate for approval.
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