Republicans To Hold Vote On Laken Riley Act

I’m expecting about 167 no votes from Democrats

Republicans tee up fast votes on Laken Riley Act to deport illegal immigrants who steal, shoplift

Congressional Republicans are speeding their first immigration crackdown bill through Congress with an initial vote scheduled later this week on the Laken Riley Act, which would pressure Homeland Security to detain and deport illegal immigrants who shoplift or steal.

Sen. Katie Britt, Alabama Republican, announced a Senate version of the bill on Tuesday and Rep. Mike Collins, Georgia Republican, announced the House version.

House GOP leaders have already slated it for a floor vote on Tuesday, and given the backing of new Senate Majority Leader John Thune, the bill will likely see fast action in the upper chamber, too. (big snip through what happened to Laken Riley)

The Laken Riley Act would push ICE to arrest and detain illegal immigrants who commit shoplifting, burglary, larceny or theft offenses.

It would also create an avenue for states to bring a civil case in court against federal officials who refuse to enforce immigration law.

It shouldn’t even be necessary to pass another law: they are here illegally, on some sort of state sponsored status, or fake asylum seekers, and any violation of the law should mean immediate deportation. If a person is going through the legal citizenship process and breaks the law that status ends and they are sent packing.

A version of the Laken Riley Act was approved in the GOP-led House last year in a 251-170 vote. More than three dozen Democrats backed it.

Will there be several dozen Democrats voting for it this time? Or, will they vote en mass against it, being no election upcoming? Because Democrats ran the Senate it never got a vote. This time it will pass the House and then get a vote in the senate. But, will 8 Democrats cross over and vote for it to overcome the filibuster threshold? Regardless, the GOP should wait till Trump takes the oath of office, as there is no telling what Biden will do. If he vetoes it they’ll just have to vote again.

Dem gov who vows to fight Trump border enforcement outraged by migrant using shelter for criminal activity

A blue state governor who pledged to fight Trump administration deportation efforts expressed outrage Monday after a migrant was allegedly caught with nearly $1 million worth of drugs and an AR-15 rifle at a hotel that is being temporarily used as a shelter.

“It’s outrageous that this individual took advantage of our shelter system to engage in criminal activity,” Massachusetts Democratic Gov. Maura Healey said in a statement.

Healey was responding to news of Leonardo Andujar Sanchez, a native of the Dominican Republic, facing firearm and drug trafficking charges while using the state’s shelter system. The suspect, 28, was found at a Quality Inn in Revere, Massachusetts, which currently serves as a shelter.

Who would have thought that all these fake asylum seekers, mostly young men, would be a problem? Someone should have warned Healey.

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