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House passes Laken Riley Act as 1st bill of new GOP-controlled Congress

The House voted at 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Laken Riley Act, passing the bill as its first piece of legislation of the 119th Congress on a vote of 264 to 159. Forty-eight Democrats voted in favor of the bill.

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House passes Laken Riley Act to amp up border enforcement and put pressure on Democrats

The bill, named for a nursing school student who was murdered by a man in the country illegally, passed the House last year. The new Republican-controlled Senate is expected to take it up Friday.

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GOP-Led House Passes Laken Riley Act With Democrats’ Help

The bill, which would impose harsher penalties on some people who are in the country illegally, is an early test of how far right Democrats could shift in the second Trump presidency.

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Senate Democrats willing to advance Laken Riley Act. Here’s why

A GOP-led bill that would hold migrants in the country illegal accountable for committing crimes gained momentum in the ...

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Democrats signal openness to Republicans’ Laken Riley Act with key vote

In the Senate, the bill easily passed a key vote to allow debate to begin next week. Democrats signaled Wednesday that they’d ...

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