The U.S. Senate on Monday passed the Laken-Riley Act, a bill that would require illegal aliens arrested, charged, or convicted of crimes such as theft, burglary, shoplifting, and theft to be referred to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). did. detention.
Hours after President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Senate passed the Laken-Riley Act by a vote of 64-35.
12 Democratic Party members I voted In favor of the Laken Riley Act, according to hill.
Prior to the vote, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) said that the Laken Riley Act would allow “illegal aliens who commit theft or assault a law enforcement officer to be allowed off the streets.” He said he would be detained “instead of being arrested.”
“This law means that illegal aliens who commit theft or assault a law enforcement officer will be detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement rather than being allowed off the streets,” Thune said. Ta. “I look forward to seeing this bill reach the President’s desk.”
Passage of the Laken Riley Act comes after the House passed the bill in early January, with 159 Democrats voting against it.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania), one of the Democrats who supported the Laken Riley Act, said: I wrote He said he voted for “final passage of the Laken Riley Act” and emphasized that wanting a secure border and “pro-immigration” are “perfectly compatible.”
“Secure borders and pro-immigration are completely compatible,” Fetterman wrote in a post on X. “I proudly voted yes in the final passage of the Laken Riley Act, and I am looking for legal solutions to protect Dreamers.”
The Laken Riley Act is named after 22-year-old Laken Riley, who was killed on February 22, 2024 in Athens, Georgia by Jose Antonio Ybarra, an illegal alien who “crossed the U.S.-Mexico border near El Paso.” It was named. Texas” is scheduled for September 2022.
The Department of Homeland Security under the Biden administration paroled Ybarra to the interior of the United States “due to a lack of available detention space.”
As Breitbart News' John Binder previously reported, in November 2024, Ybarra was found guilty on all charges in Riley's murder.
DHS officials previously reported estimates that the Laken-Reilly Act would cost between $20 million and $30 million.
