{"id":2387513,"date":"2025-01-07T15:44:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T20:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-set-to-pass-laken-riley-act-in-first-legislative-move-of-the-119th-congress\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T15:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T20:45:30","slug":"house-set-to-pass-laken-riley-act-in-first-legislative-move-of-the-119th-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-set-to-pass-laken-riley-act-in-first-legislative-move-of-the-119th-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"House Set to Pass Laken Riley Act in First Legislative Move of the 119th Congress"},"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\">30<\/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-set-to-pass-laken-riley-act-in-first-legislative-move-of-the-119th-congress%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=2387513&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>The legislation known as\u200b the\u200c Laken Riley Act has emerged as a notable priority for congressional Republicans under the governance\u200b of President-elect \u200cDonald Trump. The bill&#8217;s aim is to mandate\u200b the detention of illegal immigrants who\u200d commit crimes and to allow states to sue the department \u200dof Homeland Security for injuries inflicted by such individuals.The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">act garnered attention<\/a> after the tragic murder of 22-year-old nursing student laken Riley\u200b by Venezuelan\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-president-trump-issues-warning-swing-states-that-found-massive-voter-fraud-which-is-all-of-them-cannot-legally-certify-these-votes\/\" title=\"IT\u2019S HAPPENING: President Trump Issues Warning \u2013 Swing States that Found MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD, which is all of them, CANNOT LEGALLY CERTIFY these votes\">illegal immigrant<\/a> Jose Ibarra on \u2063the University of Georgia\u200b campus in \u2064February\u200c 2024. Ibarra \u2064had previously been arrested but was not detained by immigration authorities.<\/p>\n<p>House \u2063Majority Leader Steve Scalise has emphasized \u200cRepublican efforts \u2062to secure the \u200cborder and protect American communities. The Laken Riley Act\u2064 passed the\u2062 House in March 2024 and is expected to \u2064advance in\u200d the newly Republican-majority\u2063 Senate, particularly with support from \u2062some Democrats, including Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. despite the\u200d anticipated\u200d changes in immigration policy under a Trump administration, proponents argue that the\u2063 legislation is necesary to hold\u2063 Democrats accountable \u2062for their stance on immigration and public safety. The outcome of this legislative \u200cpush may \u2062reveal the political dynamics going forward, \u200despecially in light of the Democrats&#8217;\u2062 losses in the 2024 elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Under President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-days-in-january-all-living-former-secretaries-of-defense-warn-trump-over-election-fight\/\" title=\"Seven Days in January? All Living Former Secretaries of Defense Warn Trump Over Election Fight\">incoming administration<\/a>, this legislation should prove redundant.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, congressional Republicans must force their Democratic colleagues to vote on it.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/laken-riley-act-house-poised-pass-first-bill-119th-congress?intcmp=tw_fnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, on Tuesday the House of Representatives will make the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/7511\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laken Riley Act<\/a> its first legislative priority.<\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 22, 2024, Venezuelan illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra murdered 22-year-old Georgia nursing student <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illegal-venezuela-arrested-blunt-force-trauma-death-laken-riley-22-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laken Riley<\/a> on the campus of the University of Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in New York City had previously arrested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/laken-rileys-suspected-killer-arrested-let-go-nyc-according-wife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ibarra<\/a>. But Immigration and Customs Enforcement never detained the illegal immigrant.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Thus, the Laken Riley Act would require such detention by federal authorities. It would also allow states to sue the Department of Homeland Security over injuries to that state&rsquo;s citizens caused by illegal immigrants, per Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;House Republicans won&rsquo;t stop fighting to secure the border and protect American communities. When will Democrats finally decide enough is enough?&rdquo; House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced the impending vote Tuesday on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also d 30-second clip of a 2024 interview in which President Joe Biden, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sotu-biden-takes-mgts-dare-mention-laken-riley-promptly-calls-lincoln-twice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">butchered<\/a> the victim&rsquo;s name in his State of the Union address by calling her &ldquo;Lincoln Riley,&rdquo; apologized &mdash; not for his open border policies that allowed Ibarra into the country but for referring to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/msnbc-quietly-pulls-absolutely-sickening-headline-laken-rileys-killer-huge-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now-convicted<\/a> murderer as &ldquo;illegal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I shouldn&rsquo;t have used &lsquo;illegal.&rsquo; It&rsquo;s &lsquo;undocumented,&#8217;&rdquo; Biden said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The House will vote today on the Laken Riley Act to ensure criminals like Laken&rsquo;s murderer are detained &amp; deported before they can commit such evil acts.<\/p>\n<p>REMINDER: President Biden never apologized to Laken&rsquo;s family for allowing her killer into our country, but he DID apologize&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZOFox00aWD\">pic.twitter.com\/ZOFox00aWD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1876617387123802455?\">January 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Laken Riley Act <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-passes-laken-riley-act-despite-opposition-170-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed<\/a> the House in March 2024 by a 251-170 margin. All 170 &ldquo;no&rdquo; votes came from Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Then, then-Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York refused to take up the bill, per Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>The new Senate, however, has a Republican majority.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/article\/senate\/immigration-icc-votes-senate-gop-lines-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Punchbowl News<\/a>, the Laken Riley Act also has a new sponsor from outside the GOP. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has joined 50 Senate Republicans in cosponsoring the bill.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the Laken Riley Act almost certainly will pass the 119th Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, under the new Trump administration, the act should prove unnecessary. After all, when Trump and incoming border czar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tom-homan-visits-liberal-city-gives-crowd-day-one-promise-going-start-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Homan<\/a> begin mass deportations, criminals like Ibarra will have nowhere to hide.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Trump will provide a level of border security that will prevent future Ibarras from strolling into the country. Thus, states will have no reason to sue Trump&rsquo;s DHS over illegal immigration under the Laken Riley Act.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, make Democrats vote on the bill. Force them to reveal whether or not they have learned anything from the drubbing they took in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>If Democrats again vote against the bill, then they will confirm their allegiance to sinister forces that mean Americans harm.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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However, Republicans in Congress need to compel their Democratic counterparts to vote on it. As reported by Fox News, the House of Representatives plans to prioritize the Laken Riley Act on Tuesday. This legislation follows the tragic murder of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley by Venezuelan illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra at the University of Georgia on February 22, 2024. Although Ibarra had been arrested in New York City before, Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not detain him.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed act would mandate federal authorities to detain illegal immigrants like Ibarra and allow states to sue the Department of Homeland Security for harm caused by undocumented individuals. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise emphasized that Republicans are committed to securing borders and protecting communities, questioning when Democrats will take a stand.<\/p>\n<p>Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced an upcoming vote via social media and shared a clip where President Biden mistakenly referred to Laken as &#8220;Lincoln&#8221; during his State of the Union address but apologized for calling Ibarra &#8220;illegal,&#8221; instead suggesting &#8220;undocumented.&#8221; The House is set to vote today on ensuring that criminals like Ibarra are detained and deported before they can commit further crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The Laken Riley Act previously passed in March 2024 with a vote of 251-170, all opposing votes coming from Democrats. However, under new Republican leadership in the Senate\u2014and with Democratic Senator John Fetterman joining as a co-sponsor\u2014the act is likely to pass again.<\/p>\n<p>While it may be rendered unnecessary under Trump&#8217;s administration due to anticipated mass deportations and enhanced border security measures preventing future incidents like this one from occurring, it&#8217;s crucial for Democrats&#8217; positions on this issue be made clear through their votes. If they oppose it again, they will reaffirm their alignment with forces detrimental to American safety<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2387514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Laken-Riley.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45517,32304,48084,40751,38399],"class_list":["post-2387513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-119th-congress","tag-house-of-representatives","tag-laken-riley-act","tag-legislative-update","tag-policy-change"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Laken-Riley.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2387513"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2387517,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387513\/revisions\/2387517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2387514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}