Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student, was murdered while she was jogging at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Her body was found in Oconee Forest Park near Lake Herrick; her death was caused by blunt force trauma and asphyxiation.
The perpetrator, José Antonio Ibarra, is a 26-year-old Venezuelan man who had entered the United States illegally. He had previously been arrested several times for various offenses, but was never detained by ICE because he was released by New York officials.
The Laken Riley Act, which recently passed the House, requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. The bill also authorizes states to sue the federal government for decisions or alleged failures related to immigration enforcement. Under this bill, DHS must detain an individual who (1) is unlawfully present in the United States or did not possess the necessary documents when applying for admission; and (2) has been charged with, arrested for, convicted for, or admits to having committed acts that constitute the essential elements of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. The bill also authorizes state governments to sue for injunctive relief over certain immigration-related decisions or alleged failures by the federal government if the decision or failure caused the state or its residents harm, including financial harm of more than $100. Specifically, the state government may sue the federal government over a:
- decision to release a non-U.S. national from custody;
- failure to fulfill requirements relating to inspecting individuals seeking admission into the United States, including requirements related to asylum interviews;
- failure to fulfill a requirement to stop issuing visas to nationals of a country that unreasonably denies or delays acceptance of nationals of that country;
- violation of limitations on immigration parole, such as the requirement that parole be granted only on a case-by-case basis; or
- failure to detain an individual who has been ordered removed from the United States.
QUESTION: Local Congressman Mark DeSaulnier voted “No.” If you were a member of Congress, would you vote “yes” or “no,” and why would you vote the way you did?
Bill does not go far enough ! ! !
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H.R. 7511
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7511
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‘…House Passes Laken Riley Act –
170 America-Hating Democrats Vote Against Bill‘
https://tinyurl.com/3xszbvrd
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H.R. 7511 roll call vote,
DeSaulnier Democratic California Nay
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202466
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Don’t recall ever seeing a press release from congressman justifying his NO VOTE.
WHO do democrat politicians actually represent ? ? ?
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oath of office
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
No if there is similar status. Otherwise it is a yes.
I watched some of the hearing on C-SPAN and I don’t think the Act goes far enough, but it’s better than nothing. Dems like DeSauliner and Pelosi have an exaggerated sense of self
importance, so I wouldn’t expect them to vote any other way than no. Other Dems that voted
no like AOC, and the rest of the “squad” are airheads, so their no vote was also to be expected. John Fetterman was the first Dem to support the Act, he is one of the few with enough common sense to work with the GOP rather than against them. All total, 48 Dems voted in favor of the Laken Riley Act.
Yes – can we deport DeSaulnier?
Yes!
It’s insane to think otherwise!
No other country in the world lets you just slip in illegally and get all kinds of freebies and protections, and even do crimes and not be deported.
– why, if you slip into Mexico they will arrest you keep you in jail for a while, and then deport you after a possible beating.
Any Democrats that vote against this should be voted out of office because they’re not on your side.
Anyone in America who is not an American citizen and who commits any felonious crime should receive the death penalty once convicted, without exception.