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The House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act 264-159. Some critics say it could pose a threat to civil liberties while supporters say it will make the U.S. safer.
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 – called the Laken Riley Act – will next go to the White House to be signed into law after the Senate approved the measure earlier in the week. The House vote was 263 to 156 with 46 ...
The bill was introduced following the murder of Laken Riley by an illegal immigrant who had previously been cited for shoplifting, on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. [6] On January 22, 2025, the House agreed to the Senate's version of the bill with a 263–156 vote. [7]
The House passed an amended version of the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday on a vote of 263-156, teeing up major immigration reform at the start of President Donald Trump's second administration.
The House on Wednesday passed the Laken Riley Act, sending the immigration-related bill to President Trump’s desk in what is poised to be his first legislative victory since returning to the ...
The House approved the bill 263-156, a day after the Senate voted to approve it 64-35. ... Congress passes Laken Riley Act, heads to President Trump's desk. Show comments. Advertisement.
The Senate on Monday passed the Laken Riley Act, making the immigration-related bill the first piece of legislation to make it through the upper chamber in the new Congress and putting it a step ...