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Laken Riley Act (S. 5), Senate passage

Senate vote · S. 5 · On Passage of the Bill · January 20, 2025BordersKey vote, counts double

Requires detention of illegal immigrants charged with theft, burglary, assaulting an officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury, and lets states sue over enforcement failures.

Liberty position
Yea
The Senate voted
64 Yea, 35 Nay
Why Yea is the liberty side
It requires the detention of illegal immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes.

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96 current members of Congress were in the Senate for this vote. Members who have left Congress are not listed.

On the liberty side
61
49 Republicans, 12 Democrats
Against the liberty side
35
33 Democrats, 2 Independents
Not counted
0

On the liberty side

61 current members voted Yea.

Against the liberty side

35 current members voted Nay.

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