The House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act on Thursday by a vote of 251 yeas to 170 nays. The bill will allow law enforcement agencies to target illegal migrants in the U.S. who have committed certain crimes like “burglary, theft, larceny, or [a] shoplifting offense.”
The bill was named for Laken Riley, the 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was killed by an illegal migrant who slipped through the hands of several law enforcement agencies before committing the heinous crime.
“It should pass the Senate. That doesn’t mean it will or it would, but it should. This is common sense legislation. This is good legislation, and this can help our local law enforcement so I would hope that the Senate would look at it from that standpoint,” Republican Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia, the bill’s sponsor, who represents the district where Riley died, told The Daily Caller. “There’s nothing wrong with this bill. There’s nothing I could see that they could point at and say ‘That’s wrong,’ with this bill. And if we can pass this, we should pass it. It’s got a good chance of helping save a life.”
“Laken Riley is not here with us anymore because of Biden’s failed policies. It’s about border security more than immigration. So, we need to look at what can we do if he is not going to secure the border,” Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia told The Daily Caller. “Her murderer was arrested in New York City weeks before and was released. Why shouldn’t he have been deported at that moment, by committing a crime?”
“Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old citizen of Venezuela, was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Sept. 8, 2022, after unlawfully entering the United States near El Paso, Texas. He was paroled and released for further processing,” ICE spokesperson Lindsay Williams told The Daily Caller. “On Aug. 31, 2023, Ibarra was arrested by the New York Police Department and charged with acting in a manner to injure a child less than 17 and a motor vehicle license violation. He was released by the NYPD before a detainer could be issued,” Williams added.
“This is a young lady who was just…with everything that we’ve learned about her, [she] just had a great future, a wonderful young lady who was dedicating herself to being a nurse, to help people,” Republican Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter of Georgia told The Daily Caller. “Don’t think that this is the only incident there are other incidents, as well…Every city is a border city. Now, every state is a border state.”
Next, the bill heads to the Senate.
More over at The Daily Caller:
🚨BREAKING🚨Houses Passes ‘Laken Riley Act’ To Crack Down On Illegal Immigrant Criminals https://t.co/Vul7t89z7y
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