The first bill the Republican House passed for its new term is the Laken Riley Act, which passed overwhelmingly with 264 votes—48 of which were from the Left.
This from therightscoop.com.
NOTE: 159 communists/globalists voted against the bill.
Details from the New York Post:
The House of Representatives passed its first major piece of legislation of the new Congress Tuesday, mandating border enforcement officials detain illegal immigrants who steal—and permitting states to sue the federal government over the ill effects of mass migration.
In a 264-159 vote, 216 Republicans and 48 Democrats banded together to pass the Laken Riley Act, named after a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by an illegal migrant. The Republican-held Senate is expected to take up the bill later this week.
Among the four dozen Dems who helped pass the legislation were New York Reps. Laura Gillen, Joe Morelle, Ritchie Torres, John Mannion, Tom Suozzi and Josh Riley.
What does the bill do?
Under the Laken Riley Act, illegal immigrants who are arrested, charged or convicted of ‘burglary, theft, larceny or shoplifting’ must be held by immigration authorities. The Laken Riley Act also allows state attorneys general to sue the feds for not enforcing immigration law.
Should state or local officials not step up, the Homeland Security secretary is ordered to ‘effectively and expeditiously take custody of the alien’—a mandate that would override Democratic jurisdictions’ so-called ‘sanctuary policies,’ which discourage cooperation with federal authorities in immigration cases.
‘Laken Riley was brutally murdered by an illegal alien that President Biden and the Democrats let into this country with their open border policy. It is hard to believe after countless horrific stories like Laken’s, ANY House Democrats would vote against deporting illegal aliens who commit violent crimes against American citizens,’ said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in a statement.
‘But 159 just did, demonstrating some Democrats have ignored the loud and clear message from voters in this election who demanded secure borders, the deportation of violent illegal aliens, and laws that put the safety and security of the American people first.’
It really is disgusting that any Leftist would vote against this, but We the People are not shocked. They have been opening the country’s proverbial door to these criminal illegals for over a decade now and of course they care more about votes than they do public safety. They have made that plenty clear.
Now the Bill heads to the Republican Senate and then, on January 20th, to the desk of President Trump.
