Talks were still ongoing Monday evening about the bill ahead of an initial procedural vote on Tuesday afternoon
The senators said they would cooperate with the GOP to address "pressing border security and immigration needs”
Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., cosponsored the bill that requires ... Catherine Cortez Masto of New Mexico, Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Jon Ossoff of Georgia, Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, Jacky Rosen of Nevada, and Mark ...
Ten Democrats in the Senate voted Friday to advance the Laken Riley Act, teeing up a final vote in the upper chamber. The Democratic supporters were Sens. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.), Mark Kelly
Ten Democrats voted with Republicans on Friday to ensure that the Laken Riley Act, an anti-immigrant police state measure, arrives in time for Trump’s inauguration, even after Republicans rejected their amendments.
N.H., speaks during a press conference on Medicare Negotiated Prescription Drug Prices, at the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Washington, as Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-N.M., left,
Senators came together to reintroduce a bipartisan bill that would permanently classify fentanyl as a Schedule I controlled substance.
The Laken Riley Act will require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The bill won bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., attended Wednesday's bill signing at the White House.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the first bill of his new administration, and it is named after a slain Georgia nursing student whose name became a rallying cry during his White House campaign.
Under the new law, federal officials would be required to detain any migrant arrested or charged with crimes like shoplifting, assaulting a police officer or crimes that injure or kill someone.
Senate Democrats revolted on Tuesday following the Trump administration’s sweeping freeze on federal aid by tanking a vote to sanction the International Criminal Court and promising there might be
The Laken Riley Act was named for a Georgia nursing student who was killed in 2024 while out for a run by a Venezuelan national in the U.S. illegally.