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The '''Laken Riley Act''' is the first bill debated on the floor of the 119th Congress in 2025, as H.R. 29, the “Laken Riley Act.” Every Republican voted for this, while while 48 Democrats voted for it also such that it passed the [[House]].

This bill appears to have been written by [[liberal]] staffers, as it does little to stop [[illegal immigration]] or even crimes committed by undocumented residents in the [[United States]]. Instead, this bill transfers power to the courts, which are overwhelmingly pro-[[immigration]]. It also gives state Attorneys General more power than before, but in at least half the states the Attorneys General are [[liberal]] and pro-immigration.

[[Conservative]]s express two concerns about this weak bill:
{{cquote|The first is that congressional Democrats will support passage of some version of the bill and then use it to contend that additional legislation isn’t necessary. ...

The second concern is that the bill will be used as a vehicle to provide additional benefits to aliens — legalization of DACA recipients and spouses in so-called “mixed status” marriages, etc. — that certain Republicans may not understand but support anyway, because they sound “reasonable”.

There is always a danger when legislation moves too quickly in Washington that members and senators will get caught up in the optics of a proposal and miss (or misread) the fine print — to their detriment and the country’s.<ref>https://cis.org/Arthur/Laken-Riley-Bill-Passes-Key-Senate-Test-Vote</ref>}}
== References ==
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