<p>On Tuesday, the GOP-led <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> of Representatives once again passed the &#8220;Laken Riley Act,&#8221; a bill that would require federal officials to arrest illegal immigrants who have been charged with theft-related crimes in the United States.</p>
<p>Forty-eight Democrats <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20256" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined</a> with 216 Republicans in voting for the bill, which had previously been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-led-house-passes-laken-riley-act-170-dems-vote-against-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> by the lower chamber in March of last year. This time around, 159 Democrats opposed it, compared to 170 in the earlier vote.</p>
<p>These &#8220;no&#8221; votes showed that some Democrats &#8220;ignored&#8221; voters who &#8220;demanded secure borders, the deportation of violent illegal aliens, and laws that put the safety and security of the American people first,&#8221; said Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA).</p>
<p>The legislation was named after Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was killed last year. A 26-year-old illegal immigrant from Venezuela, Jose Ibarra, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-jose-ibarra-found-guilty-of-killing-georgia-nursing-student-laken-riley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">convicted</a> of murdering Riley and <a href="https://apnews.com/article/georgia-nursing-student-laken-riley-immigrant-d8d75ccc6d81e7a88eb7890829d9fc9c#:~:text=The%20killing%20added%20fuel%20to,entered%20the%20U.S.%20in%202022.&amp;text=The%20Venezuelan%20man%20convicted%20in,without%20the%20possibility%20of%20parole." target="_blank" rel="noopener">sentenced</a> to life in prison.</p>
<p>In addition to directing the secretary of Homeland Security to detain aliens charged in the U.S. with theft crimes, the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/29/text?s=1&amp;r=3&amp;q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22Laken+Riley+Act%22%7D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> would allow states to sue federal officials for &#8220;injunctive relief&#8221; if certain immigration actions or policies harm their citizens.</p>
<p>Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) <a href="https://www.c-span.org/program/us-house-of-representatives/house-session-part-1/654076" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> during a debate on Tuesday that lawmakers were trying to &#8220;score cheap political points off of a tragic death&#8221; with a bill that &#8220;unfairly sweeps up many more innocent lives with no due process.&#8221;</p>
<p>A press release from Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA), who last week <a href="https://collins.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mike-collins-reintroduces-laken-riley-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reintroduced</a> the Laken Riley Act for the new session of Congress, said that the bill &#8220;directly addresses one of the federal policy failures&#8221; related to Riley’s murder.</p>
<p>Ibarra &#8220;is an illegal alien who had been previously cited for shoplifting by the Athens Police Department,&#8221; it said. &#8220;If local law enforcement had called ICE, and ICE issued a detainer and picked him up, Laken would be alive.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Senate <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7511/all-actions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">did not take up</a> the Laken Riley Act for a vote when it was in control of the Democrats. Now, with Republicans back in command, a Senate version has been reintroduced. Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-fetterman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Fetterman</a> (D-PA) is even a co-sponsor.</p>
<p>&#8220;Laken Riley’s story is a tragic reminder of what’s at stake when our systems fail to protect people. No family should have to endure the pain of losing a loved one to preventable violence,&#8221; Fetterman <a href="https://www.britt.senate.gov/news/press-releases/u-s-senators-katie-britt-ted-budd-john-thune-john-fetterman-colleagues-introduce-laken-riley-act-in-119th-congress/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CLaken%20Riley's%20story%20is%20a,what%20makes%20our%20country%20great." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.</p>

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