Posted on 01/10/2025 6:08:47 AM PST by george76
The Laken Riley Act has more than enough votes to pass the Senate and overcome a filibuster, a procedural vote showed on Tuesday.
Dozens of Democrats joined all voting Republicans in expressing support for the bill, easily clearing the 60-vote threshold to prevent far-left senators from filibustering the bill. The legislation, named after a nursing student murdered last February by a Venezuelan illegal immigrant in Georgia, mandates that federal immigration authorities detain illegal immigrants suspected of theft or related crimes. It also allows states to sue the Department of Homeland Security for damages resulting from illegal immigration.
The Senate is expected to take an official vote on the bill next week, with Republican leaders likely sending it to the president's desk after Donald Trump takes office on January 20. Trump has repeatedly pledged to strengthen border security and criticized the Biden administration for overseeing record-high illegal border crossings.
Only eight Democrats, along with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), voted against the act. Six senators did not vote.
The bipartisan move comes two days after the Republican-majority House passed the act, with all voting Republicans and 48 Democrats in favor. The bill first passed in the House last March with a bipartisan vote of 251-170 but was blocked by the then-Democrat-controlled Senate.
Jose Ibarra, who has been sentenced to life in prison for Riley’s murder, entered the United States illegally through El Paso in September 2022. Ibarra was released on parole just one day after being taken into custody. Months later, he murdered Riley.
Sen. Katie Britt (R., Ala.), one of the bill's main sponsors, described Riley's death as "the direct consequence of willful open border policies" from the Biden administration.
"The American people did not just deliver a mandate on November 5th, they delivered a verdict," Britt said. "They made it clear they want to remove criminal illegal aliens and protect American families."
House Republicans have recently introduced several other border-security measures, including proposals to cut federal funding for sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement, allocate resources to resume border wall construction, and relocate the Customs and Border Protection headquarters closer to the southern border.
In the House, it was 150 Democrats against. Basically, the Senate left the House members out to dry and gave the Republicans an EXCELLENT ISSUE to use against them in 2026 (assuming the Republicans finally stop listening to Frank Luntz, who considers immigration a ‘divisive’ issue that best not be talked about).
150 Democrats against, enemies
This is good news, but where is the legislation mandating and funding construction and permanent staffing of a complete southern border wall?
When Trump takes office I suggest we deport Bernie Sanders to North Korea...
You do realize Joe Biden is still President for the next 10 days right?
THIS right here is why the Always Whining Choir in Conservative Inc is the most pathetically infantile useless political movement in history
Instead of celebrating a win, their knee jerk childish response is to whine that something else was not done
These people are political dead weight on any organization they join. 100% whining zero % useful input from them 24/7/365
Just utterly pathetic behavior.
This is the money quote “It also allows states to sue the Department of Homeland Security for damages resulting from illegal immigration.”
The article stated that the bill would be passed to President Trump after the inauguration.
What makes anyone think lawless/leftist future Administrations will follow this law, any more than the many others they ignore?
The Laken Riley act means nothing if we have no way to stop illegals from continuing to flood over the border. I realize from your post that this may be a struggle, but try to grasp this. Most people of normal intelligence can understand it if they try.
Thank you for proving my point. Instead of a rational adult comment we get another one of your mindless screaming infantile fits
Life is never perfect. Learn to live with it.
Life is never perfect. Learn to live with it."
And to just what comment are you referring to? If you are going to make an accusation like that you should at least extend the courtesy of quoting the comment that you have an issue with. I think you either try to reply to the wrong comment or you're just an idiot.
Until you respond one way or the other I am forced to judge you as a mouthy little idiot.
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