Senate passes Laken Riley Act in first move after Trump inauguration

[In It to Win It]

The Senate on Monday passed the Laken Riley Act, making the immigration-related bill the first piece of legislation to make it through the upper chamber in the new Congress and putting it a step closer to being signed into law by President Trump.

Senators voted 64-35 on the bill. Twelve Democrats voted with every Republican.

The legislation — which mandates the federal detention of immigrants without legal status who are accused of theft and burglary, among other things — was a priority for Republicans after immigration emerged as a signature issue for Trump and an effective cudgel against Democrats in November.

“This legislation will ensure that illegal aliens who steal or assault a law enforcement officer are detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement instead of being allowed out on the streets,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on the floor ahead of the vote. “I’m looking forward to getting this legislation to the president’s desk.”

Democrats who voted in the affirmative included Sens. John Fetterman (Pa.), Ruben Gallego (Ariz.), Maggie Hassan (N.H.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.), Jon Ossoff (Ga.), Raphael Warnock (Ga.), Gary Peters (Mich.), Jacky Rosen (Nev.), Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.), Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), Elissa Slotkin (Mich.) and Mark Warner (Va.).

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5095996-senate-passes-laken-riley-act/

[tritsofme]

1. The strategy here is puzzling. This was a messaging bill that Republicans didn't even really intend to become law.

Why let it pass?

If Democratic senators wanted to vote for a “tough” immigration bill, surely there must have been a better vehicle?

[kelly1mm]

2. Bipartisan immigration legislation. I guess this is the lesson the Democrats learned from November. nt

[AZProgressive]

3. I'm disappointed in the Arizona Senators

Immigrants whether they're illegal or legal are more paranoid than the general population as far as breaking the law which is why they commit crimes at lower rate than US citizens. They don't even want to jaywalk.

Also the bill applies to those who are simply accused or charged and if they are deported they don't have access to attorneys and other things to prove if they are innocent or not of what they are accused of.

I'll post a video on Pramila Jayapal on immigration in general because she makes better arguments than I can on the issue of immigration but I feel this piece of legislation that is named after the victim wouldn't have prevented her death especially since immigrants are already paranoid of committing any type of crime out of fear of being deported.
https://www.youtube.com/live/pzhtKJSs32U?si=6dRiFMK-lpg2O6hf

[2naSalit]

4. And so it begins.