The House passed the Laken Riley Act (S. 5) by a vote of 263-156. House passage comes after the Senate passed the bill yesterday by a bipartisan vote of 65-35. Democratic Senators Catherine Cortez-Masto (NV), Ruben Gallego (AZ), Maggie Hassan (NH), Mark Kelly (AZ), Jon Ossoff (GA), Gary Peters (MI), Jacky Rosen (NV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Elissa Slotkin (MI), Mark Warner (VA), and Raphael Warnock (GA) joined all Republicans in support of the bill. The bill mandates that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest individuals in the country illegally who commit theft, burglary, larceny, or shoplifting offenses, crimes that cause serious bodily injury or death, or assault on a law enforcement officer and detain them until they are removed from the United States. The bill would also ensure states have standing to bring civil actions against federal officials who refuse to enforce immigration law or who violate the law.
