Congress sends harsh new immigration policy to Trump's desk

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The president is likely to sign the Laken Riley Act as an addition to a raft of anti-immigrant executive orders he has implemented during his first days in office.
49% : The lower chamber voted 263-156 to pass the Laken Riley Act, a Republican-led bill that would expand detention requirements for federal immigration enforcement and hand state attorneys general broad authority to sue the federal government over immigration law.
45% : If it's signed into law, the legislation would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrants here illegally who are charged, convicted or even arrested for a bevy of crimes.
45% : And in addition to new requirements for ICE, the Laken Riley Act hands states the power to sue the federal government over its adherence to immigration law.
38% : "Ocasio-Cortez argued there is no chance federal immigration authorities would be able to handle the influx of detainments prescribed by the Laken Riley Act and that private prison facilities would fill in the gaps.
33% : Lawmakers have also pointed out that requiring detention for minor crimes will place unnecessary strain on ICE and blur the lines between minor offenses and more serious crimes.
30% : "If Trump signs the Laken Riley Act, as he is expected to, it will add to a growing list of anti-immigrant actions the president has taken in the early days of his presidency.

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