Senate Passes Migrant Detention Act In 64-35 Vote

NBC News reports:

The Senate voted Monday to pass an immigration crackdown bill, the first piece of legislation congressional Republicans are hoping to send newly sworn-in President Donald Trump for a signature. The vote for final passage of the Laken Riley Act was 64-35, with 12 Democrats joining Republicans to approve it.

The bill, which was amended in the Senate last week, will be sent back to the Republican-led House for another vote, where it is expected to pass easily before going to Trump’s desk to become law. The House passed a version of the bill 264-159 earlier this month, with 48 Democrats voting in support of it.

The measure, originally introduced in the Senate by Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., requires ICE to take custody and detain undocumented immigrants who are charged, arrested or convicted for committing acts of “burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.”

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The Senate on Monday passed the Laken Riley Act, making the immigration-related bill the first piece of legislation to make it through the upper chamber in the new Congress and putting it a step closer to being signed into law by President Trump.

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