Washington, D.C. - In a significant legislative move, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act with a vote of 264 to 159, signaling a bipartisan push, albeit with more substantial Republican support, for stricter immigration enforcement. Named after Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student who was an undocumented immigrant tragically killed, the bill mandates that federal immigration authorities, particularly ICE, must detain illegal immigrants who have been found guilty of theft-related crimes such as burglary or shoplifting.
