Thirty-three Senate Democrats voted with Republicans Thursday to clear a key procedural hurdle on the Laken Riley Act.
The 84-9 vote easily cleared the 60-vote threshold to allow a vote to debate on the legislation – and potential amendments.
The Laken Riley Act would require DHS to take into custody illegal aliens arrested, charged, or convicted for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. The bill, named after the 22-year-old nursing student who was brutally murdered last year in Georgia by an illegal alien released into the United States interior, passed the House Wednesday.
While it faces additional hurdles before becoming law, the legislation has real momentum.
“This is an important issue. We should have a debate and amendments,” Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said from the Senate floor before voting for
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