WASHINGTON D.C. — The Laken Riley Act cleared a second procedural hurdle in the Senate on Monday as lawmakers voted 82-10 to consider the measure.
If passed, it would require the Department of Homeland Security to detain immigrants without legal status accused of theft, burglary, and other crimes.
The bill also creates a provision for the various attorneys general of the 50 states and the District of Columbia to sue the federal government for decisions or alleged failures to enforce immigration law, according to the legislative text.
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It cleared its first hurdle on Thursday with a vote of 84-9.
Both Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff voted in favor of the act.
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