{"id":2195027,"date":"2024-03-07T17:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T22:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-laken-riley-act-immigration-bill-named-after-slain-georgia-student\/"},"modified":"2024-03-07T17:25:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T22:25:02","slug":"house-passes-laken-riley-act-immigration-bill-named-after-slain-georgia-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-laken-riley-act-immigration-bill-named-after-slain-georgia-student\/","title":{"rendered":"House Passes \u2018Laken Riley Act\u2019: Immigration Bill Named After Slain Georgia Student"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-passes-laken-riley-act-immigration-bill-named-after-slain-georgia-student%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2195027&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, holds a poster with photos of murder victims Sarah Root and Laken Riley as she speaks speaks after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\/\">James Meyers<\/a><br \/>2:19 PM -Thursday, March 7, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Following the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley,\u00a0the U.S. House of Representatives has now passed an immigration bill in response to the innocent woman\u2019s death that was caused by an illegal immigrant from Venezuela who attacked her. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the House passed a bill called the \u201cLaken Riley Act,\u201d which calls for the detention of any migrant by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) who have been charged with theft and other crimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bill passed in a 250-to-170 vote and is named after Laken Riley, 22, a University of Georgia student whose deceased body was recently discovered. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: The House just passed the &#8220;Laken Riley Act&#8221;, which requires ICE to detain illegals who are charged with local theft or burglary.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s named for Laken Riley, a nursing student who was m*rdered by an illegal.<\/p>\n<p>170 Democrats voted against it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RLoCiBv7sM\">pic.twitter.com\/RLoCiBv7sM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1765819007318261884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Only 37 Democrats voted in favor with Republicans to pass the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Her purported killer, Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, is a Venezuelan national who illegally entered into the United States. Prior to the murder of Riley, Ibarra had also been arrested in New York for endangering a child, and he was cited for shoplifting in Georgia. However, ICE did not detain him. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Republicans have used Riley\u2019s death as an example to call out the Biden administration for the  ongoing, consistent issues at the Southern border. Under the current Democrat administration, a whopping 7.2 million illegals have entered into the U.S. since Biden\u2019s presidency. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cInnocent Americans from Laken Riley in Georgia to the 14-year-old rape victim of an illegal immigrant in our home state of Louisiana,\u201d Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday \u201cThey\u2019ve all been victimized by those whom the Biden administration has released into our country. He is releasing them into your state.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, Republican Jim Banks (R-Ind.) sent a letter to Biden earlier this week, pleading for him to say her name during his State of the Union Address on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The immigration issue has been at forefront of voters\u2019 minds with the upcoming November presidential election. In a recent poll released last month, 28 percent of participants said that immigration was the most important problem in the U.S., which was the highest ranked issue.<\/p>\n<p>The bill will now go to the U.S. Senate for approval.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, holds a poster with photos of murder victims Sarah Root and Laken Riley as she speaks speaks after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in Washington. 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