US Senate to Vote on Migrant Crime Penalties Bill

The U.S. Senate on Thursday was expected to advance a bill to require the federal government to detain migrants living in the U.S. illegally who are suspected of criminal activity, even if they are not charged with crimes, as a growing number of Democrats voiced support for the Republican-backed measure.

The legislation, named the “Laken Riley Act” after a Georgia college student who was murdered last year by a Venezuelan man previously arrested for shoplifting, passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday by a vote of 264-159, with 48 Democrats supporting the measure.

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