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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...