This legislation is the most significant immigration enforcement and border security related bill to pass the Senate in nearly three decades.
The U.S. Senate Monday voted to proceed with consideration of a bill that would impose new mandatory immigration detention requirements for immigrants charged with property crimes and give broad legal standing to state attorneys general.
The House voted 263 to 156 to approve the Laken Riley act, sending the measure to Trump for his signature. The measure would make it easier for federal immigration officials to detain and deport those without legal status who are charged with specific crimes.
The Senate on Wednesday voted 70-25 to adopt the first amendment to the Laken Riley Act, a bill that would would mandate that Immigration and Customs Enforcement ... Leader John Thune, R-S.D ...
The bill includes provisions introduced by Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) mandating the detention of individuals charged with crimes causing death or serious bodily harm. An amendment by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) adds mandatory detention for those who assault law enforcement officers.
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The president’s Day 1 actions included directives that fly in the face of legal limits on involving the military in domestic operations and the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.
The Laken Riley Act will now go to Trump's desk and symbolically will become the first measure he signs into law of his second administration.
Federal agents from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security raided the Providence, Rhode Island, office of prominent immigration attorney Joseph Molina Flynn on Thursday.
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The House on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that requires the detainment of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes, marking the first legislation that President Donald Trump can sign as Congress,
The House passed an amended version of the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday on a vote of 263-156, teeing up major immigration reform at the start of President Donald Trump's second administration.