US EditionSenate adds amendment to immigration bill named after Laken Riley
- The Senate adopted the first amendment to the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday, as reported by The Hill.
- Senator John Cornyn proposed an amendment requiring Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain migrants lacking permanent legal status accused of assault on law enforcement officers.
- Seventy members of the Senate voted to expand the legislation's list of offenses that trigger mandatory detention of 'inadmissible aliens.'
- The amendment would add assaulting officers or causing 'serious bodily injury' to the list of offenses for mandatory detention.
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Senate Clears Laken Riley Act for Final Vote
The Senate on Jan. 17 ended debate on legislation that requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain illegal immigrants arrested for theft, burglary, or shoplifting. That bill, the Laken Riley Act, also allows states to sue the federal government if it fails to enforce immigration policy. It passed the House with bipartisan support on Jan. 7 and has now crossed another important procedural hurdle, with the Senate voting 61–35 to p…
By Clare Foran, Ted Barrett, Lauren Fox and Morgan Rimmer, CNN A GOP-led bill to require the detention of undocumented immigrants accused of certain crimes is on the verge of passing the Senate after a significant number of Democrats joined Republicans in advancing the measure in a critical vote Friday. The vote reflects a major shift for Democrats as the party comes under pressure on immigration following Donald Trump’s presidential victory, pr…
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