The Senate cleared the 60-vote threshold to begin debate on a GOP priority, with Democrats backing it as the party ...
"That's one of them. That's one of why we lost in part," the Democratic senator from Pennsylvania told Fox News.
The measure easily cleared the 60-vote filibuster but marked the first of likely several procedural hurdles before ...
In the Senate, the bill easily passed a key vote to allow debate to begin next week. Democrats signaled Wednesday that they’d ...
The bill allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants who commit violent ...
Thursday's vote to advance the Laken Riley Act does not guarantee the immigration bill will have enough votes to pass the ...
David Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, on X: "The Laken Riley Act pretends to be about stopping ILLEGAL immigrants who commit crimes. In fact, it's a Trojan horse designed ...
The bill, which would require federal authorities to detain undocumented immigrants arrested for theft-related crimes, was the first to be voted on by the newly installed Republican-controlled Senate.
The bill, which would detain undocumented immigrants accused of theft and other crimes, has bipartisan support.
The bill, named for a nursing school student who was murdered by a man in the country illegally, passed the House last year.
The Laken Riley Act would require federal officials to detain undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes ...
More Senate Democrats have indicated they plan to vote to advance the Laken Riley Act in a procedural vote this Friday. The ...