House Votes to Pass Laken Riley Act

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The bill also gives states the authority to sue federal officials who refuse to enforce immigration laws.
47% : Ibarra was arrested in 2023 in New York on charges of child endangerment but was released before U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could ask local law enforcement to hold him.
40% : In September, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that more than 662,000 criminal illegal aliens were released into the interior of the U.S. Among those, 435,719 had already been convicted of a crime, with 226,847 more facing pending criminal charges.
38% : "If passed in the Senate and signed into law, the Laken Riley Act would require Immigration and Customs Enforcement to arrest and detain illegal aliens who "commit theft offenses," according to the bill's author.
34% : McDowell added that with President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, "there will be a new sheriff in town, and I am eager to help President Trump fix the Biden border crisis.
34% : Nadler bashed the bill for requiring ICE to arrest and detain illegal aliens who are "merely charged with committing an act of theft or shoplifting," adding that the bill is "pernicious and absurd.

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